South African History Journal; Monica Fernandes (London) and Ana Stevenson (Southern Queensland) (Web)

Proposals by: 30.04.2024

South African women’s political activism against apartheid is the focus of this special edition of the South African Historical Journal. This edition is timely as it will commemorate the 70th anniversaries of significant moments and social movements in South African women’s history, including the founding of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954, the founding of the Black Sash of South Africa in 1955, and the Women’s March on Pretoria in 1956. By focusing on these organisations and event, this edition will explore individual experiences and contributions to anti-apartheid activism, while also adding to the exploration and creation of inclusive pedagogies in Higher Education. This edition is therefore contributing to the imperative of decolonising the curriculum relating to women’s activism and multiracial histories of the anti-apartheid movement. The rationale is to create a dedicated space for multiracial women’s histories to be written and rewritten, as there are many influential women in the anti-apartheid movement whose contributions remain relatively unknown and archives are yet to be explored. The editors are seeking research from historians and interdisciplinary scholars whose research is history focused.
This special edition welcomes contributions that focus on the Women’s March, FEDSAW, and the Black Sash together with other organisations – for example, the ANC Women’s League, the Coloured Women’s Organisation, and the Black Women’s Federation – exclusively or simultaneously.

The editors also welcome historical research that reconsiders the lives and influence of prominent individuals, including:
Frances Baard
Mary Burton
Sheena Duncan
Ruth First
Nadine Gordimer
Bessie Head
Helen Joseph
Fatima Meer
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Florence Matomela
Charlotte Maxeke
Miriam Makeba
Lilian Ngoyi
Albertina Sisulu
Helen Suzman
Jean Sinclair

The special edition is equally interested in new research about the significance of figures who have been less prominent historiographically, including but not limited to:
Ray Alexander
Zainab Asvat
Hilda Bernstein
Amina Cachalia
Ruth Foley
Cissie Gool
Madie Hall-Xuma
Elizabeth van der Heyden
Zubeida Jaffer
Noni Jabavu
Bertha Mashaba
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
Bertha Mkize
Pumzile Mlambo
Ida Mntwana
Ruth Mompati
Rahima Moosa
Florence Mophosho

Deadline for abstract EOIs: 30 April 2024
Deadline for full paper submission: 27 September 2024

Contact Information
Dr Monica Fernandes (Brunel Univ. London): monica.fernandes@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Ana Stevenson (Univ. of Southern Queensland; University of the Free State): ana.stevenson@unisq.edu.au

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