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What is Black and Female: Essays about?

The first wound for all of us who are classified as “black” is empire. In Black and Female, Tsitsi Dangarembga examines the legacy of imperialism on her own life & on every aspect of black embodied African life. This paradigm-shifting essay collection weaves the personal & political in an illuminating exploration of race & gender. Dangarembga recounts a painful separation from her parents as a toddler, connecting this experience to the ruptures caused in Africa by human trafficking & enslavement. She argues that, after independence, the ruling party in Zimbabwe only performed inclusion for women while silencing the work of self-actualized feminists. She describes her struggles to realize her ambitions in theater, film, & literature, laying out the long path to the publication of her novels. At once philosophical, intimate, & urgent, Black & Female is a powerful testimony of the pervasive & long-lasting effects of racism & patriarchy that provides an ultimately hopeful vision for change. Black feminists are “the status quo’s worst nightmare.” Dangarembga writes, “our conviction is deep, bolstered by a vivid imagination that reminds us that other realities are possible beyond the one

Who reads Black and Female: Essays?

Author

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Publisher

Graywolf Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781644452127

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Biography