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Malibongwe Anc Women Poetry Is Their Weapon 1981
Amazwi South African Museum of LiteratureRef: https://www.amazwi.museum/malibongwe-anc-women-poetry-is-their-weapon-1981/
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The document describes Malibongwe: ANC Women: Poetry is their Weapon (1981), an anthology of poems by women who went into exile to support the ANC. It notes that the book was edited by Sono Molefe, that many poets used pseudonyms, and that the volume was one of the largest collections of black South African women’s poetry at the time. It also mentions a 2020 re-publication titled Malibongwe: Poems from the Struggle by ANC Women and provides context about Amazwi’s mission to collect diaspora literature. The page is part of Amazwi South African Museum of Literature’s online content detailing the anthology’s significance and publication history.
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Access to the Malibongwe: ANC Women: Poetry is their Weapon (1981) anthology
The Amazwi South African Museum of Literature holds one of the few surviving copies of this 1981 anthology, which contains poems by black South African women who went into exile to support the ANC. The collection is available for research and viewing at the museum's headquarters in Makhanda.
- Who it is for
- researchers, students, scholars, and members of the public interested in South African women's poetry and political exile
- How to act on it
- Visit the museum's headquarters at 25A Worcester Street, Makhanda (Grahamstown), during opening hours (weekdays 8.30–13.00 and 14.00–16.30; weekends and public holidays by appointment)
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Amazwi’s copy is one of handful of copies extant in South Africa.
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https://www.amazwi.museum/malibongwe-anc-women-poetry-is-their-weapon-1981/
Key Takeaways
- title: Malibongwe: ANC Women: Poetry is their Weapon (1981)
- edited by: Sono Molefe
- topic: poetry by South African women in exile for ANC
- publication context: ANC ban in South Africa, anonymity/pseudonyms used
- original publication: 1981
- republication: 2020 as Malibongwe: Poems from the Struggle by ANC Women
- institution: Amazwi South African Museum of Literature
- location reference: Grahamstown (Makhanda), South Africa
- availability note: Amazwi’s copy is one of a handful in SA