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A critical analysis of Mthunzikazi Mbungwana’s protest in ‘Ababuyanga’
Despite the substantial research on poetry produced by female Xhosa poets on sociopolitical issues, there is little commentary on their poetry on sociocultural issues in the post-apartheid era. As a result, their voice and role in sociocultural issues is misunderstood. Using textual analysis, this article critically analyses Mbungwana’s sociocultural protest in her poem ‘Ababuyanga’. The poem stems from the death of her brother, who went to initiation school and never returned. Mbungwana notes that her brother had not come back yet, as women, they were not supposed to talk about it or even ask what had happened at the initiation school. This article uses the theory of African feminism to consider Mbungwana’s protest against the sociocultural oppression of women. Mbungwana argues against keeping information from women and silencing them on issues of ulwaluko (loosely translated as male circumcision and initiation rites), even when they lose a loved one. She argues that women are intellectually capable of being part of the solution to the problem of dying initiates, without compromising the secrecy and sacredness of the custom. The analysis of Mbungwana’s protest contributes to the understanding of voice and the role of women in sociocultural issues.
期刊介绍:
The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.