Sindiwe Magona is a celebrated South African writer, storyteller and motivational speaker known mainly for her autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories, poetry and children's books. <i>I Write the Yawning Void</i> is a collection of essays that highlight her engagement wi...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Schatteman, Renée (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Johannesburg Wits University Press 2023
Schlagworte:	Magona, Sindiwe > Criticism and interpretation Women, Black > South Africa > Social conditions Women authors, Black > South Africa South African literature > Black authors > History and criticism Apartheid in literature Politics in literature
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Sindiwe Magona is a celebrated South African writer, storyteller and motivational speaker known mainly for her autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories, poetry and children's books. <i>I Write the Yawning Void</i> is a collection of essays that highlight her engagement with her writing that spans the transition from apartheid to the post-apartheid period, and that addresses themes such as HIV/Aids, language and culture, home and belonging.<br><br>Magona worked as a teacher and domestic worker, and spent two decades working for the United Nations in the United States of America. She has received many awards for her fearless writing 'truth to power'. Her written work is often informed by her lived experience of being a black woman resisting subjugation and poverty.<br><br>These essays bring to life many facets of Magona's personal history as well as her deepest convictions, her love for her country and despair at the problems that continue to plague it, and her belief in her ability to activate change. They demonstrate Magona's mastery of the essay form and serve as meaningful supplements to her fictional works, offering insightful responses to the conditions that inspired them
Beschreibung:	Erscheinungsdatum der Onlineausgabe: March 2024 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2024) Introduction: Writing South Africa's Yawning Void -- Part I: Coming into Writing -- 1. The Scars of Umlungu -- 2. Clawing at Stones -- 3. Finding My Way Home -- 4. It is in the Blood: Trauma and Memory in the South African Novel -- Part II: Writing about Pressing Issues -- 5. Address at the Funeral of a Young Woman -- 6. Do Not Choose Poverty -- 7. Cry, the Beloved Language -- 8. We Are All Racists! -- Part III: Writing about My Writing -- 9. Why I Wrote My Autobiographies -- 10. Why I Wrote Mother to Mother -- 11. Why I Wrote Beauty's Gift -- 12. Why I Wrote Chasing the Tails of My Father's Cattle -- 13. Why I Wrote When the Village Sleeps -- 14. Why I Write Children's Stories -- Conclusion: A Tribute to Those Who Came Before Me -- Notes -- Selected works -- Bibliography -- Index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 215 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781776148202