Amazwi South African Museum of Literature

Makhanda is home to Amazwi, a museum dedicated entirely to South African writing and writers, which shapes what tourism and cultural education look like in this town. The city's own literary heritage—Rhodes University's long tradition, the region's connection to figures in South African letters—means this museum sits at the centre of Makhanda's intellectual identity rather than on its periphery. Guided tours here acknowledge that literature isn't separate from history, politics, or regional character; it's woven through all of it. Visitors come expecting to encounter books and writers, but they discover how language and storytelling have shaped thinking about race, identity, and place in South Africa itself. For educators, literature students, and anyone interested in how culture and writing influence society, the museum's location in Makhanda makes the experience locally rooted rather than academically distant.