Constructing Womanhood in Zimbabwean Literature: Noviolet Bulawayo and Petina Gappah
Feb 01, 2020
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Published Online: Feb 01, 2020
Page range: 58 - 68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2020-0005
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© 2020 Luiza Caraivan, published by Sciendo
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Literature written in English in the former British colonies of Southern Africa has attracted the public’s attention after the publication of Michael Chapman’s “Southern African Literaturesˮ (1996). The paper analyses the writings of two Zimbabwean authors - NoViolet Bulawayo (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele) and Petina Gappah – taking into account African feminist discourses.