Shakespeare in Southern Africa
About
Shakespeare in Southern Africa was the journal of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa (SSOSA), published annually from 1987-2024. The journal carried research articles, essays, commentary, interviews, and book, theatre and film reviews.
The new SSOSA journal, Bakwethu: A journal of Shakespeare studies was launched in 2026. It is published by Pluto Journals as part of the African Journals Initiative, and can be accessed via ScienceOpen.
Shakespeare in Southern Africa remains available digitally, and print copies of back issues can be ordered from SSOSA. Individual articles can be downloaded via the following databases:
Fifteen years of SiSA: 2009-2024
Volume 21 (2009): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 22 (2010): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 23 (2011 - “Banishment, Xenophobia, Home and Exile in Shakespeare”): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorials [PDF]
Volume 24 (2012): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 25 (2013): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 26 (2014): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 27 (2015): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 28 (2016): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 29 (2017): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
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Volume 30 (2017/2018 - “Decolonising Shakespeare”): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 31 (2018): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 32 (2019): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 33 (2020 - “Shakespeare and Social Justice”): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 34 (2021): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 35 (2022): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 36 (2023 - “Shakespeare Towards an End”): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]
Volume 37 (2024 - “Shakespearean Ends”): Table of contents [PDF] | Editorial [PDF]