In South Africa, the white Afrikaner community is still trying to come to grips with post-apartheid society. Where do the Afrikaner culture and language, once the language of rulers, now fit in the rainbow nation? In her controversial novels, Marlene van Niekerk has depicted the vulnerability of marginal Afrikaners. She reflects in this interview on the new South Africa and on the identity crisis within the Afrikaner community.

Our guest in this show: Marlene van Niekerk (South Africa)

Listen to the other editions of Africa in Progress