Her story, the focus of this article, provides a vivid picture of one woman's experience of eight weeks detention in a South African prison. She also describes how she became politicized, her experience of teaching in the racist educational system at a time of great student activism and ...
This emphasis can be theoretically located against previous studies of readers and reading, many of which have tended to be text-based and have dehistoricised notions of `woman' and `reader'. Although the main focus of the article is on women readers, texts by black women writers, and ...
Positionality I am an African woman. From a young age, my parents instilled the importance of education and acquiring higher education degrees. Because both my parents were born and raised during apartheid South Africa, their prospects of acquiring university degrees was almost impossible. I, ...
of the black woman Revisiting citizenship in the South African postcolony: empire, white romance and the (continued) abjection of the black womanRevisiting citizenship in the South African postcolony: empire, white romance and the (continued) abjection of the black womanCitizenship...
since lectures were conducted in Afrikaans) and began her first job at a boutique winery, calledStellekaya, in 2004. She won her first award in 2006. And just three years later, Biyela beat out 64 wine entries from 28female winemakersacross South Africa to be named Woman Winemaker of the ...
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The American Institute of Architects has elected Kimberly Dowdell as the 100th president of the organization, making her the first Black woman to hold the position in AIA’s 165-year history. Delegates at the AIA’s annual meeting voted Dowdell to serve first as vice president for 2023. Aft...
Wendy Appelbaum is a South African business woman, mentor, and philanthropist. She is one of the most influential and powerful women in Africa. She was not born into poverty; she worked in her father’s company, Liberty Group, and served as a director at the company. She grew the company...
Colombia’s first Black woman VP urges former colonial powers to pay slavery reparations Francis Akhalbey Popular North Carolina woman goes viral for agreeing to become a witness in strangers’ wedding Dollita Okine Former NFL player gets 12 years in prison after wife caught him sexually assaulting...
The Woman King Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch 6 votes In the 1800s, a group of all-female warriors protects the African kingdom of Dahomey with skills and fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Faced with a new threat, Gen. Nanisca trains the next generation of rec...