Henrietta Rose-Innes
Henrietta Rose-Innes is a South African novelist andshort-story writer. She has published a collection of short stories, Homing, and two novels: Shark’s Egg and The Rock Alphabet. In 2008 she won the...
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The rural community of Ixopo, where Lauretta Ngcobo was born and brought up, is described in her novel, And They Didn’t Die (1990). She praises the unsung heroines, the rural women, whose struggles and...
View ArticleMargaret Busby OBE
Margaret Busby OBE is an award-winning writer. Editor. Criti c. Consultant and broadcaster. She edited Daughters of Africa:An International Anthology of words and writing by women of African descent...
View ArticleFiona Lloyd
Fiona is a South African journalist who is the co-founder of Reporting for Peace, an organization that teaches journalists how to report effectively on conflicts. She is also one of the cofounders of...
View ArticleMiriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg in 1933 and grew up in Sophiatown. Tlali enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand, but was not admitted due to the reservation of positions for...
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Welcome to the blog Women’s Words: African Worlds, which is dedicated to promotion of women’s writings and is part of the South African Women’s Month celebrations. The 2010 Women Month’s celebrations...
View ArticleAfrica Women Writers agree to network
Members of the committee Participants at the symposium Women’s words: African worlds: “Renewing a dialogue between African women writers and women of African descent” – convened by DAC for women...
View ArticleAfrican Women Writers Symposium 2011
The second African Women Writers Symposium will meet under the motto of “Dream, Speak, Read, Reclaim”: African women writers and women of African descent walk the talk, in order to take the next step...
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