Pathbreaking South African author Ellen Kuzwayo died this morning:
Kuzwayo was the first black writer to win South Africa’s premier CNA Literary Prize for her 1985 autobiography “Call Me Woman,” a book that made her a spokeswoman for the suffering and triumphs of black women under apartheid.
“My motivation for writing the book was born out of the negative image about black women in South Africa, promoted by the general community of white people of this country, in particular the women … who employed African work as domestic workers,” Kuzwayo said.
Read the full article here. There are many online profiles of her as well, e.g. here, here and here.
