Women in the Struggle : Writing New Canons Towards Healing
Latest publications by participating Footnotes guests Dr. Barbara Boswell and Shanthini Naidoo
Naidoo, Shanthini. 2020. Women in Solitary : Inside the Female Resistance to Apartheid First ed. Cape Town: Tafelberg.
See our catalogNaidoo, Shanthini. 2021. Vrouwen, Verzet En Apartheid. Berchem, Belgium: EPO.
See our catalogBoswell, Barbara. 2020. And Wrote My Story Anyway : Black South African Women’s Novels As Feminism. Johannesburg, South Africa: Wits University Press.
See our catalogBoswell, Barbara. 2017. Grace : A Novel. South Africa: Modjaji Books.
See our catalogLewis, Desiree, and Gabeba Baderoon, eds. 2021. Surfacing : On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. (With a contribution of Barbara Boswell)
See our catalogSecondary literature on postcolonialism, violence against women, and feminism
Steyn, Melissa E, and William Mpofu, eds. 2021. Decolonising the Human : Reflections from Africa on Difference and Oppression. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.
See our catalogBoonzaier, Floretta, and Shose Kessi. 2018. “Centre/Ing Decolonial Feminist Psychology in Africa.” South African Journal of Psychology 48 (3): 299–309.
Soon online available in our libraryNyamnjoh, Francis B. 2016. #Rhodesmustfall : Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South Africa. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG.
See our catalogHaupt, Adam. 2013. Static : Race and Representation in Post-Apartheid Music, Media and Film. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press.
Full book available online (Open Access)Gqola, Pumla Dineo. 2010. What Is Slavery to Me? : Postcolonial/Slave Memory in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
See our catalogThorpe, Jen, ed. Feminism Is : South Africans Speak Their Truth. Cape Town: Kwela Books, 2018.
See our catalogGqola, Pumla Dineo. 2021. Female Fear Factory First ed. Cape Town, South Africa: Melinda Ferguson Books.
Gqola, Pumla Dineo. 2015. Rape : A South African Nightmare. Cape Town, South Africa: Melinda Ferguson Books.
See our catalogBrodie, Nechama. 2020. Femicide in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Kwela Books.
See our catalogKawa, Andy. 2020. Kwanele, Enough! : My Battle with the South African Police Service to Get Justice for Women First ed. Cape Town, South Africa: Tafelberg.
See our catalogOn writers and freedom fighters
Fletcher P. Black/White Writing : Essays on South African Literature. Lewisburg Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press; 1993.
See our catalogAttridge D, Jolly RJ. Writing South Africa : Literature, Apartheid, and Democracy 1970-1995. Cambridge U.K: Cambridge University Press; 1998.
See our catalogRobbe K. Conversations of Motherhood : South African Women’s Writing Across Traditions. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; 2015.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam. 2021. Miriam Tlali : Writing Freedom. Edited by Pumla Dineo Gqola. Voices of Liberation. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press.
See our catalogCrous, Marius. 2004. “Vrougerigte Perspektief Op Rol Van Versetpolitiek in Lewe Van Sa Se Mense.” Die Burger 25-10-2004. INSERT-MISSING-URL.
See our catalogLewis, Desiree. 2007. Living on a Horizon : Bessie Head and the Politics of Imagining. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
See our catalogGqola, Pumla Dineo. 2009. “‘The Difficult Task of Normalizing Freedom’ : Spectacular Masculinities, Ndebele’s Literary / Cultural Commentary and Post-Apartheid Life.” English in Africa 36 (1): 61–76.
See our catalogWanner, Zukiswa, and Janet van Eeden. 2010. “Zukiswa Wanner, Author of Men of the South, in Conversation with Janet Van Eeden.” INSERT-MISSING-URL.
See our catalogGqola, Pumla Dineo. 2013. A Renegade Called Simphiwe. Auckland Park, South Africa: MFBooks Joburg.
See our catalogGqola, Pumla Dineo. 2018. Reflecting Rogue : Inside the Mind of a Feminist. Auckland Park, South Africa: MFBooks Joburg.
See our catalogMadikizela-Mandela, Winnie. 2014. 491 Days : Prisoner Number 1323/69. Johannesburg: Picador Africa.
See our catalogMsimang, Sisonke. 2019. The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela. Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing.
See our catalogPreez Bezdrob, Anne Marie du. 2004. Winnie Mandela : A Life. Cape Town: STRUIK.
See our catalogHarrison, Nancy. 1985. Winnie Mandela : Mother of a Nation. London: V. Gollancz.
See our catalogEdgar, Robert R. 2021. Josie Mpama/Palmer : A Jacana Pocket Biography. Southern Africa: Jacana Media.
Available in our library from March 2022Gqubule, Thandeka. 2017. No Longer Whispering to Power : The Story of Thuli Madonsela. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball.
See our catalogNovels and short stories by the writers discussed
Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo, Farida Karodia, Agnes Sam, Sindiwe Magona, Zoë Wicomb,
Rayda Jacobs, Yvette Christiansë, Kagiso Lesego Molope and Zukiswa Wanner
Tlali, Miriam. 1989. Soweto Stories. Pandora.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam. 1975. Muriel at Metropolitan. Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam, and Bodt Renée. 1986. Muriel : Roman Over Apartheid 2E dr ed. Afrikaanse Bibliotheek. Haarlem: In de Knipscheer.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam, Comrades, [short story in: Medalie D. Encounters : An Anthology of South African Short Stories. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press; 1998.]
See our catalogTlali, Miriam, and Cecilia Tabak. 1980. Amandla. Afrikaanse Bibliotheek. Haarlem: In de Knipscheer.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam. 1989. Mihloti. Johannesburg: Skotaville.
See our catalogTlali, Miriam, Lauretta Ngcobo, and Irma van Dam. 1992. Voetstappen in Het Moeras : Vertellingen 1e uitg. ed. Afrikaanse Bibliotheek. Amsterdam: In de Knipscheer.
See our catalogNgcobo L, Emeis M. Kruis Van Goud. Weesp: Het Wereldvenster; 1984.
See our catalogNgcobo LG, Daymond MJ. And They Didn’t Die. Scottsville: University of Natal Press; 1999.
See our catalogKarodia F. Terug Naar Huis En Andere Verhalen. Amsterdam: Dekker; 1989.
See our catalogKarodia F. Boundaries. Johannesburg etc.: Penguin Books; 2003.
See our catalogKarodia F. Against an African Sky and Other Stories. Cape Town, Johannesburg: David Philip Publishers (Pty); 1995.
See our catalogKarodia F. Cardboard Mansions.; 19AD.
See our catalogKarodia F. A change encounter. Post-traumatic : new south african short stories, p 116-132. 2003.
See our catalogKarodia, Farida. 19AD. “A Handbag in the Boot.” Modern South African Stories, P. 172-176.
See our catalogKarodia F. Seeds of discontent. The torn veil and other women’s short stories from the continent of africa. 1998.
See our catalogSam, Agnes. 1994. Jesus Is Indian and Other Stories. African Writers Series. London: Heinemann.
See our catalogSam, Agnes. 19AD. Jellymouse.
See our catalogMagona S. Beauty’s Gift. Cape Town: Kwela Books; 2008.
See our catalogMagona S. Mother to Mother. Cape Town: David Philip; 1998.
See our catalogMagona S. Push-Push! And Other Stories. Cape Town: David Philip; 1996.
See our catalogMagona S. To My Children’s Children. Claremont: David Philip; 1990.
See our catalogMagona S, Jablonski NG, Fellman L. Skin We Are In. First paperback ed. Cape Town: David Philip; 2018. (also available in Afrikaans en isiZulu)
See our catalogMagona S, Jablonski NG, Fellman L. Isikhumba Esikuso. [Zulu language edition] ed. Cape Town: David Philip; 2018.
See our catalogWicomb Zoë. Still Life. New York: New Press; 2020.
See our catalogWicomb Zoë. October. Cape Town: Umuzi; 2014.
See our catalogWicomb Zoë. David’s Story. 1st ed. Cape Town: Kwela Books; 2000.
See our catalogWicomb, Zoë. Die Bushie is dood … [short story in: Malan R. Being Here : Modern Short Stories from Southern Africa. Cape Town: David Philip; 1994.)
See our catalogWicomb Zoe͏̈, Frenkel-Bolliger A. In Kaapstad Kun Je Niet Verdwalen. Houten: Het Wereldvenster; 1988.
See our catalogJacobs R. Confessions of a Gambler. 1st ed. Cape Town: Kwela Books; 2003.
See our catalog Nederlandse vertalingJacobs R. Sachs Street. 1st ed. Cape Town: Kwela Books; 2001.
See our catalogJacobs R. The Slave Book. 1st ed. Cape Town: Kwela Books; 1998.
See our catalogJacobs R. Postcards from South Africa. Cape Town: Double Storey; 2004.
See our catalogJacobs R. Masquerade : The Story of My Life. 1st ed. Roggebaai South Africa: Umuzi; 2008.
See our catalogJacobs R. The Mecca Diaries. Cape Town: Double Storey Books; 2005.
See our catalogJacobs R. My Father’s Orchid. Roggebaai: Umuzi; 2006.
See our catalogJacobs R. Joonie. Auckland Park: Jacana; 2011.
See our catalogChristianse Y. Imprendehora. Roggebaai: Kwela Books; 2009.
See our catalogChristianse Y. Unconfessed. Roggebaai: Kwela Books; 2007.
See our catalogChristianse Y. Pilgrims in a strange land – farewell – and… – accusations. New contrast : south african literary journal. 2003;Vol. 31, No. 3 (winter. 2003), P. 10-13.
See our catalogChristiansë Yvette, Baardman G. Sila Van Den Kaap. Amsterdam etc.: Q; 2007.
See our catalogMolope, Kagiso Lesego. 2004. Dancing in the Dust. Kaapstad: Oxford University Press.
See our catalogMolope, Kagiso Lesego. 19AD. “Television Dreams – Wedding in the Dust – People’s Parks.” Nice Times, a Book of South African Pleasures and Delights, P. 78-79 En 137-140 En 270-271.
See our catalogWanner, Zukiswa. 2014. London Cape Town Joburg. Cape Town: Kwela Books.
See our catalogWanner, Zukiswa. 2010. Behind Every Successful Man. Cape Town: Kwela Books.
See our catalogWanner, Zukiswa. 2010. Men of the South. Cape Town: Kwela Books.
See our catalogWanner, Zukiswa. 2010. “To Kill a Politician.” Home Away, 24 Hours 24 Cities 24 Writers, P. 1-8.
See our catalogAnthologies
Conning Ndlovu L, Dike F, Magona S, et al. Black South African Women : An Anthology of Plays. London: Routledge; 1998.
See our catalogVan Niekerk Annemarié. The Torn Veil : And Other Womens̕ Short Stories from the Continent of Africa. 1st ed. Cape Town South Africa: Queillerie; 1998.
See our catalogThis bibliography is compiled by Bianca Oortwijn, librarian in the Zuid-Afrikahuis Amsterdam, and serves as a Further Reading List accompanying the second episode of the online program Footnotes : Intersectional Strategies in (South) Africa. This list is not complete, for more titles, please contact our library.
February, 2022