Released in 1997, Vulindlela reflects the optimism of a democratic South Africa – but Fassie’s ‘bad girl’ image also asks who is really welcome in this new society.
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Tlotlo Tsamaase’s first novel adds to an exciting and growing body of African science fiction.
Wrapped in Rhythm powerfully uses the poems of Lebo Mashile as lyrics.
The Camões Prize is the most important award for Portuguese literature, and Paulina Chiziane is the first African woman to receive it.
A commanding presence on the global literary stage, Ama Ata Aidoo was a powerful feminist voice with a prolific output.
The Ugandan law is one of a spate of laws across Africa that are said to protect the heterosexual African family.
She paved the way for women to play the mbira – and then took the ancient tradition global.
A powerful new book restores the writer and feminist politician to her rightful place in history.
bell hooks, the Black feminist writer and intellectual, died on Dec. 15 aged 69. Scholar and activist Karsonya Wise Whitehead provides a personal reflection on what bell hooks meant to her life.
Undocumented for decades, black South African feminists are increasingly visible. The essays in Surfacing present 22 leading thinkers.
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Associate research scientist, Universidade de Lisboa
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Professor of Feminist and Security Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of History, Director of the Center for African Studies, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of English and Liberal Studies, Winston-Salem State University
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Executive Director, Karson Institute for Race, Peace, & Social Justice, Loyola University Maryland
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Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
