In Search of Blackwomen’s Voices – Engendering South African Liberation Movement
| dc.contributor.author | Rodwell, Karabo-Maya | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Shange, Kholeka | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T18:02:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T18:02:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.department | Department of Anthropology | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2023. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Black Consciousness Movement played a vital role in South Africa’s fight for liberation against the apartheid government. A significant part of this movement were the Black women that risked their lives for the country. Despite the work that they have all done and continue to do, Black women in this movement have faced multiple challenges related to their gender. I am interested in sharing the experiences of these women to add to the growing literature on the role and impact of Black women in South Africa’s history. To do this, I conducted interviews with six Black women over six months, between July 2022 and January 2023, all of whom have been involved in the Black Consciousness Movement. The participants in this research represent a small glimpse into the experiences of Black women in South African liberation movements. This research report follows the lived experiences of Black women in South Africa’s liberation movement, looking specifically at the Black Consciousness Movement. My research found that while each of these women were involved in the movement at different time periods, and in different areas of South Africa, many of their experiences overlap. I have broken these findings into three major themes. The first ethnographic chapter follows their early consciousness building and when they believe they came into consciousness. This chapter explores the formative years of Black women in the Black Consciousness Movement, namely who and or what influenced their political consciousness. The second ethnographic chapter examines Black women’s subjective interpretations of Black Consciousness and the impact this has on the self. While they were all part of the same movement they all seemed to have experienced the ideology differently. The third and final ethnographic chapter interrogates the marginalisation of Black women in the BCM. Here I discuss how women joined this structure for the emancipation of Black people at large, as well as connections to the ideology, and yet many felt that as women they were not always allowed the space to fully participate. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Canon Collins Tom Queba Scholarship. University of the Witwatersrand Postgraduate Master Merit Award. | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rodwell, Karabo-Maya. (2023). In Search of Blackwomen’s Voices – Engendering South African Liberation Movement. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40147 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40147 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | ©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | School of Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject | Black women | |
| dc.subject | Black Consciousness Movement | |
| dc.subject | Gender | |
| dc.subject | Social Anthropology | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-5: Gender equality | |
| dc.title | In Search of Blackwomen’s Voices – Engendering South African Liberation Movement | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |