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Umfazi akangeni ebuhlanti emzini … A womanist dialogue with Black Theology of Liberation in the 21st century

Fundiswa Kobo
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 72, No 1 | a3268 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v72i1.3268 | © 2016 Fundiswa Kobo | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 23 November 2015 | Published: 19 August 2016

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Fundiswa Kobo, Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

As reflected in the title, this article is premised by pervasive attitudes arising from a complex interplay of cultural practices, which have succeeded in dislocating black women from what is perceived to be black men’s sites, ebuhlanti (kraal), esuthwini (initiation school); locating them in culturally designated womanised sites eziko/egoqweni (kitchen and household), ekuzaleni nasekukhuliseni abantwana (child birth and rearing) in a patriarchal society. The crux of the article lies in its attempt to re-locate both men and women by its adoption of ‘a hard-line pro-black position’. Womanists acknowledge the interlocution of black men and thus suggest firstly, a shift in mind-set for both to view these sites as life giving and therefore to look for convergences. The article is thus a dialogue between a womanist and Black Theology of Liberation in the 21st century for the purpose of understanding liberation of black people for the liberation of humanity.

Keywords

Black Theology of Liberation; Womanist; Discourse of black woman; Womanism

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