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Longing for Love: Eros and National Belonging in Three Novels by Rayda Jacobs
(Unisa Press, 2022)
The female Muslim descendant of Cape slavery is a key figure in the work of South African writer, Rayda Jacobs. Three of her novels, in particular, seem to track the social and political genealogy of the female Muslim ...
Black theologies of liberation: how should black lives matter theologically?
(The Ecumenical Review, 2022)
This article introduces this thematic issue of The Ecumenical Review, which originates from a colloquium hosted at the University of the Western Cape on Black theologies. Our aim is to propose a set of theological frames ...
Food shaming and race, and hungry translations
(Taylor & Francis, 2023)
Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson (2022) and Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability by Richa Nagar (2019) deal with food and hunger in relation ...
From eco-jihad to politicization: A corpus-based eco-linguistic discourse analysis of the arab media coverage of the safer floating oil tanke
(Sciedu Press, 2023)
This study attempts a corpus-based discourse analysis of the coverage of the FSO Safer in Arabic media to determine the main recurrent categories and themes in the coverage produced by outlets associated with conflicting/warring ...
Book review: scripting defiance: four sociological vignettes
(SAGE, 2023)
Background: Scripting Defiance is vast, notwithstanding the modesty of its subtitle – Four Sociological Vignettes. It comes in at 530 pages. It is fundamentally vast in ambition, with its breadth of empirical examples, and ...
A critical discourse analysis of maphalla’s selected poems: South Africa’s pre-democratic election messages
(Routledge, 2023)
The years 1990 to 1994 were the most critical years in the lives of all South Africans. For writers, this period presented an opportunity for expressions that have long been suppressed due to the censoring of writers in ...
Wild and indigenous foods (wif) and urban food security in northern Namibia
(Urban Forum, 2023)
Rapid urbanisation and food system transformation in Africa have been accompanied by growing food insecurity, reduced dietary diversity, and an epidemic of non-communicable disease. While the contribution of wild and ...
Adultification, neglect and sexual abuse at home: selected narratives of orphaned girls in KwaMashu, South Africa
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)
This paper explores two orphaned girls' accounts of
victimization and vulnerability to child sexual abuse in
their family homes. Interviews with these girls revealed
a trend of neglect, adversity and processes of ...
The past in present African urban mobility systems: Towards a mobilities longue durée
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Building on the notion that mobility plays a critical role in everyday urban life in Africa as elsewhere, this editorial provides an introduction to the special collection ‘The Past in Present African Urban Mobility Systems’. ...
Harmony amidst conflict: using “heal the world” as advocacy for peace between palestine and israel
(African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2024)
This study explored the potential of Michael Jackson's iconic song, "Heal the World," to serve as an effective advocacy tool for peace between Palestine and Israel. Released in 1991, the song's universal message of love, ...