Instances of Bessie Head’s distinctive feminism, womanism and Africanness in her novels
Bessie Head was one of the Drum writers of the 1950s. As critics such as Huma Ibrahim have indicated it was only after her death in 1986 that she was included in discussions on the Drum generation. The result of her prior exclusion has been the double marginalization of Head’s literary contribution...
Main Authors: | L. J. Rafapa, A. Z. Nengome, H. S. Tshamano |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
2017-04-01
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Series: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde |
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Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/2247 |
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