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03976aam a2200433 i 4500 001 51A53B44CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 230824s2023 sa b 001 edeng d 020 $a 1776148193 020 $a 9781776148196 020 $a 1776148185 020 $a 9781776148189 035 $a (OCoLC)1395071102 040 $a Z@L $b eng $e rda $c Z@L $d BDX $d OCLCO $d TOH $d YDX $d NDD $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a PR9369.3.M29 $b A6 2023 082 04 $a 824/.914 $2 23/eng/20231004 100 1 $a Magona, Sindiwe, $e author. 245 10 $a I write the yawning void : $b selected essays of Sindiwe Magona / $c compiled and edited by Renée Schatteman. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Wits University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xxiv, 215 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "These essays bring to life many facets of Magona's personal history, her deepest convictions, love for her country and belief in her ability to activate change. They are a meaningful supplement to her fictional works, while offering insightful responses to the conditions that inspired them."--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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 Write the Yawning Void is a collection of essays that highlight her engagement with writing that span the transition from apartheid to the post-apartheid period and addresses themes such as HIV/Aids, language and culture, home and belonging. Magona worked as a teacher, 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. 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 engaging storytelling and mastery of the essay form which serve as meaningful supplements to her fictional works, while simultaneously offering insightful responses to the conditions that inspired them."--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-208) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Magona, Sindiwe $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Magona, Sindiwe $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Women, Black $z South Africa $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Women authors, Black $z South Africa. 650 0 $a South African literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Apartheid in literature. 650 0 $a Politics in literature. 655 4 $a Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Schatteman, ReneÌe, $e editor. $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217011155.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51A53B44CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search