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The product of a decade of research, this landmark collection is the first of four volumes in the Women Writing Africa Project, which seeks to document and map the extraordinary and diverse landscape of African women's oral and written literatures. Presenting voices rarely heard outside Africa, some recorded as early as the mid-nineteenth century, as well as rediscovered gems by such well-known authors as Bessie Head and Doris Lessing, this volume reveals a living cultural legacy that will revolutionize the understanding of African women's literary and cultural production.
Ranging from communal songs and folktales to letters, diaries, political petitions, court records, poems, essays, and fiction, these texts provide a vividand heretofore largely invisiblepicture of African women's lives. Their work and families, their experience of the cruelty of colonialism and war, and their struggles for civil rights are described in voices from twenty original languages and six countries in the region: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Together the texts demonstrate women's critical role in cultural continuity and resistance to oppression.
Each text is accompanied by a scholarly headnote that provides detailed historical background. An introduction by the editors sets the broader historical stage and explores the many issues involved in collecting and combining orature and literature from diverse cultures in one volume. Unprecedented in its scope and achievement, this volume will be an essential resource for anyone interested in women's history, culture, and literature in Africa, and worldwide.
Ranging from communal songs and folktales to letters, diaries, political petitions, court records, poems, essays, and fiction, these texts provide a vividand heretofore largely invisiblepicture of African women's lives. Their work and families, their experience of the cruelty of colonialism and war, and their struggles for civil rights are described in voices from twenty original languages and six countries in the region: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Together the texts demonstrate women's critical role in cultural continuity and resistance to oppression.
Each text is accompanied by a scholarly headnote that provides detailed historical background. An introduction by the editors sets the broader historical stage and explores the many issues involved in collecting and combining orature and literature from diverse cultures in one volume. Unprecedented in its scope and achievement, this volume will be an essential resource for anyone interested in women's history, culture, and literature in Africa, and worldwide.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781558614062 |
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Publisher: | Feminist Press at CUNY, The |
Publication date: | 12/01/2002 |
Series: | Women Writing Africa , #1 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 560 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d) |
Age Range: | 13 - 17 Years |
Table of Contents
A Note on the Women Writing Africa Project | xvii | |
Preface | xxi | |
Introduction | 1 | |
Nineteenth Century | ||
Song of the Afflicted - Lesotho 1842 - Sesotho | 85 | |
Testimony - South Africa 1858 - Dutch | 86 | |
Letters and Land Submission - South Africa 1860-1883 - English | 91 | |
God's Peace and Blessing - Namibia 1861 - German | 96 | |
Account of Cape Town - South Africa 1863 - isiXhosa | 98 | |
A Mother Praises Her Baby - Namibia 1867 - KhoeKhoeGowab | 105 | |
Unanana-Bosele - South Africa 1868 - isiZulu | 106 | |
Affidavit - South Africa 1873 - Dutch | 109 | |
What the Maidens Do with Rooi Klip - South Africa 1874 - /Xam | 111 | |
Letter to Miss Mackenzie - South Africa 1875 - English | 113 | |
The Story of Ngangezwe and Mnyamana - South Africa 1879 - isiZulu | 115 | |
The War in Zululand - South Africa 1884 - English | 120 | |
Two Lions Who Changed Themselves into People and Married Two Herero Girls - Namibia 1886 - otjiHerero | 124 | |
Leaving the Farm - South Africa 1886-1887 - English | 125 | |
Portrait of Louisa - South Africa 1887 - English | 128 | |
Penelopa Lienguane - Lesotho 1888 - English | 131 | |
Testimony of a School Girl - South Africa 1892 - English | 134 | |
1900 to 1919 | ||
Journal of the War - South Africa 1900 - Afrikaans/Dutch | 139 | |
Moliege's Vengeance - South Africa 1906 - English | 144 | |
Ominous Weather - Namibia 1907 - German | 147 | |
Court Record - Zimbabwe 1908 - Shangaani | 152 | |
Women's Petition: Domestic Unhappiness - South Africa 1908 - English | 155 | |
Letter from Karibib - Namibia 1909 - otjiHerero | 157 | |
Petition of the Native and Coloured Women of the Province of the Orange Free State - South Africa 1912 - English | 158 | |
Africa: My Native Land - South Africa 1913 - English | 161 | |
A "Little Woman's" Advice to the Public - South Africa 1916 - English | 162 | |
Baster Affidavit - Namibia 1918 - Afrikaans | 165 | |
1920s to 1950s | ||
Address to the Resident Commissioner - Swaziland 1921 - siSwati | 171 | |
Going to School - Zimbabwe 1921 - English | 173 | |
Listen, Compatriots! - South Africa 1924 - isiXhosa | 176 | |
Letter to the High Commissioner - Botswana 1926 - Setswana | 180 | |
Inheritance: Two Letters - Botswana 1926, 1929 - Setswana | 182 | |
Speech to the Bangwaketse - Botswana 1928 - Setswana | 187 | |
Bantu Home Life - South Africa 1928 - English | 189 | |
Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls - South Africa 1930 - English | 195 | |
The Story of Nosente - South Africa c. 1930 - isiXhosa | 200 | |
UMandisa - South Africa 1934 - isiXhosa | 205 | |
Nation Is Going to Ruination - Namibia 1936 - otjiHerero | 209 | |
Flight of the Royal Household - South Africa 1939 - isiZulu | 212 | |
Letter from Keetmanshoop - Namibia 1939 - Afrikaans | 219 | |
Meeting of Herero Women - Namibia 1939 - otjiHerero and English | 221 | |
The Case of the Foolish Minister - Zimbabwe 1943 - English | 225 | |
Though I Am Black, I Am Comely - South Africa 1947 - English | 229 | |
Song of King Iipumbu - Namibia 1954 - oshiNdonga | 231 | |
Women's Charter - South Africa 1954 - English | 236 | |
Presidential Address to the African National Congress Women's League, Transvaal - South Africa 1956 - English | 240 | |
Two Songs - Zimbabwe 1956 - siNdebele | 245 | |
African Women Do Not Want Passes - South Africa 1958 - English | 246 | |
The Widows of the Reserves - South Africa 1958 - English | 248 | |
It's Gotta Be Cash for a Cookie - South Africa 1959 - English | 252 | |
Aunt, Stretch out the Blanket - Lesotho 1959 - Sesotho | 254 | |
1960s and 1970s | ||
The Girl Aga-abes - Namibia 1960 - KhoeKhoeGowab and Afrikaans | 259 | |
Diary of a Detainee - South Africa 1961 - English | 263 | |
Past and Present - Zimbabwe 1962 - siNdebele | 268 | |
Bus Journey to Tsolo - South Africa 1963 - English | 271 | |
Three Court Statements - Botswana 1964 - Setswana | 283 | |
The Widow and the Baboons - Zimbabwe 1964 - chiShona | 285 | |
Ballad of Nomagundwane - South Africa 1964 - isiZulu | 287 | |
For "Napoleon Bonaparte," Jenny, and Kate - Botswana 1965 - English | 290 | |
What of the Future? - South Africa 1965 - English | 303 | |
I Drift in the Wind - South Africa 1966 - Afrikaans | 306 | |
I Am a Wailing Fool - Lesotho 1967 - Sesotho | 308 | |
Murmurs in the Kutum - South Africa 1969 - English | 309 | |
Tobacco, Sugar, Alcohol, and Coffee: These Things Have Turned Us into Slaves - Botswana 1971 - Ju/'hoansi | 315 | |
A Man Hides Food from His Family - South Africa 1972 - isiXhosa | 316 | |
Fall Tomorrow - South Africa 1972 - English | 333 | |
The Old People Give You Life - Botswana 1972 - Ju/'hoansi | 335 | |
Emergency Call from the Women of Namibia - Namibia 1973 - Afrikaans | 337 | |
Women Are Wealth - Zimbabwe 1974 - chiShona | 339 | |
Poem for My Mother - South Africa 1974 - English | 343 | |
Detention Alone Is a Trial in Itself - South Africa 1975 - English | 344 | |
The Basking Lizard - South Africa 1976 - isiZulu | 346 | |
Working on the Mail - South Africa 1977 - English | 348 | |
1980s | ||
The Rending of the Veil - South Africa 1981 - English | 357 | |
The Haunting Melancholy of Klipvoordam - South Africa 1981 - English | 363 | |
Return Journey - South Africa 1982 - English | 372 | |
Arrested for Being Women - Zimbabwe 1983 - English | 375 | |
Crossroads - South Africa 1984 - English | 377 | |
Kandishiwo--I Don't Know - Namibia 1984 - oshiNdonga | 380 | |
The Woman - Zimbabwe 1984 - English | 385 | |
Citizenship: An Open Letter to the Attorney-General - Botswana 1985 - English | 386 | |
I, the Unemployed - South Africa 1985 - English | 390 | |
The Letter - Zimbabwe 1985 - English | 392 | |
Our Sharpeville - South Africa 1987 - English | 397 | |
Our Government Is a Glowing Ember - Namibia 1988 - Ju/'hoansi | 398 | |
For Willy Nyathele - South Africa 1988 - English | 400 | |
Jesus Is Indian - South Africa 1989 - English | 402 | |
Children of Namibia - Namibia 1989 - uuKwanyama | 411 | |
Praise to Our Mothers - South Africa 1989 - English | 413 | |
T.M.T. T.B.M.G. - South Africa 1989 - Afrikaans | 415 | |
1990s and 2000s | ||
Another Story - South Africa 1990 - English | 419 | |
War from Within - Zimbabwe 1990 - siNdebele and chiShona | 430 | |
Krotoa's Story - South Africa 1990 - English | 433 | |
Stella - South Africa 1991 - English | 438 | |
Giraffe Song - Namibia 1991 - Ju/'hoansi | 442 | |
Nhamiwa's Magic Stick - Zimbabwe 1991 - Tonga | 444 | |
"Lend Me a Dress": Testimonies on Education - Botswana 1991, 1999 - Setswana | 446 | |
A Broken Family - South Africa 1991 - English | 448 | |
Two Dream-Miracle Stories - South Africa 1992 - English | 453 | |
Praise to Mbuya Nehanda - Zimbabwe 1993 - siNdebele | 455 | |
A Noble Woman of Africa - South Africa 1993 - isiZulu | 457 | |
Swazi Wedding Songs - Swaziland 1993 - siSwati | 461 | |
Izisho Zokusebenza--Work Songs - South Africa 1993-1994 - isiZulu and isiXhosa | 463 | |
April 27: The First Time - South Africa 1994 - English | 467 | |
Before the Beginning - Lesotho 1996 - English | 470 | |
The Price of Freedom - Namibia 1997 - English | 471 | |
Ngonya's Bride-Price - Zimbabwe 1997 - English | 476 | |
Testimony: Truth and Reconciliation Commission - South Africa 1997 - English | 479 | |
We Will Be Leasing for Ourselves - Botswana 1997-1998 - Setswana | 484 | |
Writing near the Bone - Zimbabwe 1997 - English | 488 | |
African Wisdom - South Africa 1998 - English | 491 | |
War Memoir - Zimbabwe 1998 - chiShona | 494 | |
The Birth of This Country's Language - South Africa 1998 - English | 500 | |
Bojale--Setswana Initiation Songs - Botswana 1998 - Setswana | 506 | |
Intonjane--Xhosa Initiation Songs - South Africa 1999 - isiXhosa | 507 | |
Mutondo--Nyemba Initiation Songs - Namibia 1999 - Nyemba | 510 | |
Setswana Wedding Songs - Botswana 1999 - Setswana | 513 | |
Good as Dead - Zimbabwe 2000 - siNdebele | 515 | |
Caring for the Dying - Botswana 2000 - English | 520 | |
Generations - South Africa 2001 - English and Afrikaans | 522 | |
Contributors | 525 | |
Permissions Acknowledgments and Sources | 537 | |
Authors Listed by Country | 549 | |
Index | 551 |
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