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Bucking against the inevitability of her martyrdom—The Negressity of Black womenhood and The Ones With Purpose

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018Mbali SikakanaLeave a Comment on Bucking against the inevitability of her martyrdom—The Negressity of Black womenhood and The Ones With Purpose

Mbali Sikakana considers Nozizwe Cynthia Jele’s new novel The Ones With Purpose in the context of Hilton Als’s groundbreaking 1996…

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