New book traces a path within black South African feminist thought in 20 dazzling chapters
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It reminds us that black women writers in South Africa have distinct experiences of being stereotyped. Wanner sums this up in her confrontation with one reviewer who described her work as “chick lit”.traces a path within black South African feminist thought in 20 dazzling chapters. The collection shows how radical black South African women have been part of several traditions of undocumented intellectual and artistic legacies.
'Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa' by Desiree Lewis and Gabeba Baderoon. Picture: SUPPLIEDrefine the categories of transnational and black feminism. They bring the breadth of black feminist engagement in the south of the continent into fuller view.
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