Women in South African History

Basus’iimbokodo, bawel’imilambo/ They remove boulders and cross rivers in South African History A project of the South African Department of Arts & Culture and the Human Sciences Research Council Commissioned and funded by the South African National Department of Arts and Culture Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa www.hsrcpress.ac.za First published 2007 ISBN 978-0-7969-2174-1 © 2007 Human Sciences Research Council The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Human Sciences Research Council (‘the Council’) or indicate that the Council endorses the views of the authors. In quoting from this publication, readers are advised to attribute the source of the information to the individual author concerned and not to the Council. Copy edited by Lee Smith Designed and typeset by Jenny Young Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel: +27 (0) 21 701 4477; Fax: +27 (0) 21 701 7302 www.oneworldbooks.com Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services (EDS) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7240 0856; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7379 0609 www.eurospangroup.com/bookstore Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group (IPG) Call toll-free: (800) 888 4741; Fax: +1 (312) 337 5985 www.ipgbook.com Suggested citation: Gasa N (Ed.) (2007) Women in South African history: Basus’iimbokodo, bawel’im- ilambo / They remove boulders and cross rivers. Cape Town: HSRC Press. Contents vii PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii INTRODUCTION: Basus’iimbokodo, bawel’imilambo, new freedoms and new challenges, a continuing dialogue Nomboniso Gasa PART ONE Women in the pre-colonial and pre-Union periods 3 CHAPTER 1: Chiefly women and women’s leadership in pre-colonial southern Africa Jennifer Weir 21 CHAPTER 2: ‘Like three tongues in one mouth’: Tracing the elusive lives of slave women in (slavocratic) South Africa Pumla Dineo Gqola 43 CHAPTER 3: Not a Nongqawuse story: An anti-heroine in historical perspective Helen Bradford 91 CHAPTER 4: Women and gender in the South African War, 1899–1902 Elizabeth van Heyningen PART TWO Women in early to mid-twentieth century South Africa 129 CHAPTER 5: ‘Let them build more gaols’ Nomboniso Gasa 153 CHAPTER 6: Testimonies and transitions: Women negotiating the rural and urban in the mid-20th century Luli Callinicos 185 CHAPTER 7: Generations of struggle: Trade unions and the roots of feminism, 1930–60 Iris Berger 207 CHAPTER 8: Feminisms, motherisms, patriarchies and women’s voices in the 1950s Nomboniso Gasa ... - tailieumienphi.vn