Basali! : stories by and about women in Lesotho

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Title:

Author:

Kendall, K. Limakatso.

ISBN:

9780869809181

Publication Information:

Pietermaritzburg, [South Africa] : University of Natal Press, 1995.

Physical Description:

xiii, 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Contents:

Three moments in a marriage / An unexpected daughter / The lost sheep is found / Give me a chance / Arriving home in a helicopter / How she lost her eye / A letter to 'M'e / Catastrophe / The decision to remain / The universe / Why blame her? / The African goddess : the figure in my past / What about the Lobola? / Escape to Manzini / Ask him to explain / How I became an activist / Basali! : a photographic essay

Subject Term:

Lesothan literature (English) -- Women authors.

Sotho fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.

Short stories, Lesothan (English)

Short stories, Sotho -- Translations into English.

Women -- Lesotho -- Literary collections.

Tales -- Lesotho.

Added Author:

Kendall, K. Limakatso.

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Summary

Basali means women , and is one of the most common exclamations in the Sesotho language, usually uttered by a woman and evoking women's admiration of themselves and each other. These stories offer glimpses of traditional healers, circumcision schools, witches, bride-prices, and extended rural family life.