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A post-colonial and feminist reading of selected testimonies to trauma in post-liberation South Africa and Zimbabwe.

This article explores the testimonial significance of Antjie Krog and Yvonne Vera's work by considering the extent to which their choice of literary fiction facilitates and enables the urgent political and social intervention that their texts undertake. Their work responds to the violence in the Zim...

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Published in:Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Author: Murray, Jessica
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2009
Subjects:
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Feminism
Group identity
Reportage literature
South Africans
Zimbabweans
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