Healing the wounds of history: South African Indian writing

A feature of the post‐apartheid literary scene is the way in which the history of earlier times is being recalled and re‐interpreted. This ‘memory work’ includes the history of Indian indenture in South Africa. I shall focus on the fictional treatment of indenture by South African Indian writers. At the same time, I argue that the ‘Indian’ focus has the potential to expand the scope of South African life and literature.