Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4 (2021)

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Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4 (2021)

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Thirty Years of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: revisiting Ifi Amadiume’s questions on gender, sex and political economy

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Thirty years of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: revisiting Ifi Amadiume’s questions on gender, sex and political economy
Siphokazi Magadla, Babalwa Magoqwana & Nthabiseng Motsemme
Pages: 517-533
Published online: 12 Jul 2021
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When amalungelo are not enough: an auto-ethnographic search for African feminist idiom in the postcolony
Nomalanga Mkhize & Mathe Ntšekhe
Pages: 534-549
Published online: 26 May 2021
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Land in transition: from social reproduction of labour power to social reproduction of power
Lyn Ossome
Pages: 550-564
Published online: 30 Apr 2021
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Nongayindoda: moving beyond gender in a South African context
Zethu Matebeni
Pages: 565-575
Published online: 15 Jun 2021
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Considering ‘gender fluidity’ in Zambia: femininities, marriage and social influence
Yaliwe Clarke
Pages: 576-588
Published online: 19 Aug 2021
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‘There is nothing beautiful I see’: Xhosa masculinities under structural violence, unemployment and changing political economies of sex
Gcobani Qambela
Pages: 589-603
Published online: 04 Jul 2021
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Bomalome: standing in the gap – social fathers in an African context
Motlalepule Nathane & Grace Khunou
Pages: 604-617
Published online: 03 Aug 2021
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Beyond the rainbow: creative approaches as dialogue for LGBTQIA+ intimate partner violence
Uvile Memory Samkelisiwe Ximba
Pages: 618-633
Published online: 12 Jul 2021
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Sex, gender and Uvalo/Letswalo centred spirituality: in conversation with Gogo Mapitsi Mohoto
Siphokazi Magadla, Babalwa Magoqwana, Nthabiseng Motsemme & Lieketso Mohoto
Pages: 634-643
Published online: 03 Jun 2021
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Decolonization and Afro-Feminism
by Sylvia Tamale, Ottawa, Canada, Daraja Press, 2020, xv + 395 pp., US$34,00, softback, ISBN 9781988832494
Corinne Knowles
Pages: 644-647
Published online: 20 Jul 2021
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Malibongwe: Poems from the Struggle by ANC Women
edited by Sono Molefe, Uhuru Phalafala (Preface), Makhosazana Xaba (Introduction), Durban, uHlanga Press, 2020, vii+192p. (paperback), ISBN 9780620869126
Kholeka Shange
Pages: 647-652
Published online: 12 Jul 2021
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Woman in the Wings: Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the Race for the Presidency
by Carien du Plessis, Cape Town, Penguin Books, 2017, 170 p., ISBN: 9781776092574
Nica Cornell
Pages: 652-654
Published online: 14 Jul 2021
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69 Jerusalem Street
by Lindiwe Nkutha, Johannesburg, Modjaji Books, 2020, 144 pp., (softcover), R220,00, ISBN: 9781928433040
Welcome Mandla Lishivha
Pages: 655-657
Published online: 20 Jul 2021
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Correction
Page: 658
Published online: 20 Aug 2021
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