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Author:

Magadla, Siphokazi, author.

Title:

Guerrillas and combative mothers : women and the armed struggle in South Africa / Siphokazi Magadla.

Publisher:

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xvii, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm 23 cm

Subject:

African National Congress.
Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)
African National Congress.
Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)
1961-1994
Women, Black--South Africa--Social conditions.
Anti-apartheid movements.
Women soldiers--South Africa.
Women, Black--Political activity--South Africa.
Women anti-apartheid activists--South Africa.
Anti-apartheid movements.
Women anti-apartheid activists.
Women, Black--Political activity.
Women, Black--Social conditions.
Women soldiers.
South Africa--History--1961-1994.
South Africa.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index

Contents:

Introduction: 'our lips no longer sealed' -- Mzana: transnational guerrillas -- Combative mothers, Bantu authority and ungovernability -- SANDF integration, demobilisation and gender transformation -- From ukuzabalaza to ukutabalaza: life after apartheid -- Conclusion: 'where their seed can fall and grow.

Summary:

"Guerrillas and Combative Mothers offers a first-hand account of women's participation in the armed struggle against apartheid from 1961 to 1994 and their lives in a democratic South Africa. It is based on 40 life histories of women who fought with the rural-based Poqo, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress; the exile-based uMkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress; and the township-based self-defence units. Centring women's agency, commitment, beliefs and actions, it details the various ways in which women came to be politicised and the decisions and circumstances that led them to join the armed struggle inside South Africa and in exile. Siphokazi Magadla discusses the forms of military training they received, combat activities, their personal transformation as women and as combatants, their participation in the South African National Defence Force-led demobilisation process and their contributions to the democratic transformation of the SANDF. By illuminating the different eras and arenas of women's participation, this book shows the broadness of the armed struggle against apartheid as a historical truth and as a matter of gender equality and justice for an inclusive and more democratic future." -- Cover.

ISBN:

186914516X
9781869145163

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1376246321

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)