<i>Umfazi akangeni ebuhlanti emzini</i> … A womanist dialogue with Black Theology of Liberation in the 21st century

• Main Author: Fundiswa Kobo
• Format: Article
• Language: Afrikaans
• Published: AOSIS 2016-08-01
• Series: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
• Subjects: Black Theology of Liberation; Womanist; Discourse of black woman; Womanism
• Online Access: https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3268

As reflected in the title, this article is premised by pervasive attitudes arising from a complex interplay of cultural practices, which have succeeded in dislocating black women from what is perceived to be black men’s sites, ebuhlanti (kraal), esuthwini (initiation school); locating them in culturally designated womanised sites eziko/egoqweni (kitchen and household), ekuzaleni nasekukhuliseni abantwana (child birth and rearing) in a patriarchal society. The crux of the article lies in its attempt to re-locate both men and women by its adoption of ‘a hard-line pro-black position’. Womanists acknowledge the interlocution of black men and thus suggest firstly, a shift in mind-set for both to view these sites as life giving and therefore to look for convergences. The article is thus a dialogue between a womanist and Black Theology of Liberation in the 21st century for the purpose of understanding liberation of black people for the liberation of humanity.