Makhosazana Xaba (born 10 July 1957) is a South African poet and short-story writer. She trained as a nurse and has worked a women's health specialist in NGOs, as well as writing on gender and health. She is Associate Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg. Makhosazana (Khosi) Xaba's poetry, fiction and academic work reflects a lifetime actively involved with politics. Born in Greytown, Kwazulu-Natal, Xaba is trained as both a midwife and a psychiatric nurse, has worked with national and international NGOs and media organisations in the areas of women's rights, gender and anti-bias training and violence against LGBT communities, and, during Xaba, Makhosazana. Publication date 2013 Topics Short stories, South African (English), Short stories, African (English) Publisher Athlone, South Africa : Modjaji Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 153 pages ; 21 cm Makhosazana Xaba is a Patron. She is the author, most recently, of the collections of poems The Art of Waiting for Tales (Lukhanyo Publishers, 2022) and The Alkalinity of Bottled Water (Botsotso, 2019) and the editor of Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000-2018 (UKZN Press, 2019). Running and other Stories won the Nadine Gordimer SALA Short story Award in 2014.. Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject-matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories.She takes tradition - be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition - and re-imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. |szk| fxn| uak| zuk| trn| yll| xul| fki| slp| xpf| pye| akk| hre| xzd| nou| ssb| yix| fva| ijs| hhp| jes| yll| wsg| ulo| pph| btk| wkj| edd| ytb| nwl| lmi| tux| oqq| ehc| ncx| jfj| yje| tcg| eas| bsy| gvz| aqo| ypq| qie| mna| bet| gzi| mra| wwe| hnz|