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Colonialism and apartheid have affected the identity and self-definitions of Africans in South Africa (African-South Africa) to a great extent. Given the history of subjugation, suppression, and subordination, the definition of what Africanness means was therefore distorted. Conversely, the history of patriarchal domination in pre-colonial African-South Africa up to now, has distorted what ideal African womanhood should be. As a response to this scenario, Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele) uses the Bosadi (womanhood) approach to reread the paean of Proverbs 31: 10-31 in a way that will hopefully resuscitate and restore the dignity of many African-South African wo(men) readers of this favorite biblical text.

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The Author: Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele) earned her Ph.D. in literature and philosophy from the University of South Africa. She is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the University of South Africa and co-author (with Christina Landman) of Their Story Is Ours: Biblical Women and Us. She has also published many articles on the Bosadi reading of biblical texts.

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