Guerrillas and Combative Mothers - Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

Guerrillas and Combative Mothers is a narrative of women participating in the armed struggle against apartheid from 1961 to 1994 and their lives in a democratic South Africa.

List of contents

Foreword by Thenjiwe Mtintso
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: 'Our Lips No Longer Sealed'
1 Mzana: Transnational Guerrillas
2 Combative Mothers, Bantu Authority and Ungovernability
3 SANDF Integration, Demobilisation and Gender Transformation
4 From Ukuzabalaza to Ukutabalaza: Life after Apartheid
Conclusion: 'Where Their Seed Can Fall and Grow'
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Siphokazi Magadla is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University.

Product details

• Authors: Siphokazi Magadla, Magadla Siphokazi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032597256
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259725-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Republic of South Africa, Terrorism, armed struggle, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)