Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Xaba, Makhosazana,

Description

1. xii, 315 pages; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Poets, South African
2. South African poetry > 21st century > History and criticism

Contents

1. Part I. Perspective. Black women poets and their books as contributions to the agenda of feminism / Makhosazana Xaba - 'Leaping from behind history's curtain': post-apartheid black women's poetry in South Africa / V. M. Sisi Maqagi - Reclaiming sex and queering the word: black South African women's poetry of sexuality / Barbara Boswell - The mother tongue and the poet / duduzile zamantungwa mabaso. Part II. Journeys. Feela sistah! and the power of women's spoken word / Myesha Jenkins - On being a closet poet-writer / Sedica Davids - Searching for women like me: coloured identity, Afrikaans poetry and performance / Tereska Muishond - Voices in the mirror: poetry as a tool for social change / Toni Stuart - The feminine voices that pulled me out the closet / Makgano Mamabolo - 'There is another world and it is in this one' / Ronelda Kamfer - Poetry, film and me / Maganthrie Pillay - Playing with shadows: finding poetic language through theatre and life / Phillippa Yaa de Villiers - Making poetry live in different spaces / Lebogang Mashile - Jozi House of Poetry: creating a safe space for poetry / Myesha Jenkins and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers. Part III. Conversations. Playing a harmonica, singing a song and reading a poem for Sarah Baartman / Diana Ferrus and Makhosazana Xaba -- 'Surely this [mother tongue] should count for something'. Interviews with five contemporary poets from Gauteng / Napo Masheane, Natalia Molebatsi, Vangi Gantsho, Mthunzikazi Mbungwana and Nosipho Gumede with Makhosazana Xaba - Poetry hits our radios: poetry in the air / Myesha Jenkins with Mandi Vundla - Owning and controlling the mechanisms behind the art: the story of the word N sound / Qhakasambalikayise Mthembu and Makhosazana Xaba - 'Silence makes this possible' / Gadeba Baderoon with Makhosazana Xaba - 'No stereotypes of women' / Bandile Gumbi with Makhosazana Xaba - Dancing to a lyrical tune / Natalia Molebatsi with Makhosazana Xaba - Meditating on womenhood / Malika Ndlovu with Makhosazana Xaba - Poetry that performs from the page / Lebogang Mashile with Makhosazana Xaba - Afterword / Makhosazana Xaba.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.