Women in South Africa

"The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father because he was white, but for almost all the kids I knew on my grandmother's block in Soweto, apartheid had taken away their fathers as well, just for different reasons. [...] Women held the community together." --Born a Crime, pp. 35-36

SELECTED ARTICLES & WEB RESOURCES

"History of Women's Struggle in South Africa." South African History Online. 2011.
An article outlining the important role of women in 20th century South Africa.
"Women in the Struggle." MSU's Overcoming Apartheid website.
Video interviews, images and other resources about women in the anti-apartheid struggle.
Special Issue: Women and the Politics of Gender in Southern Africa. Journal of Sourthern African Studies, vol. 32, no.1. 2006 Mar.
This special issue on women and gender politics in the Southern African region includes several articles about women in South Africa.