TY - JOUR
T1 - Dora Tamana: travel, home and the transnational politics of African motherhood
AU - Grant, Nicholas
N1 - Publication history: Received: 06 Jun 2022l; Accepted: 02 Feb 2023; Published online: 10 Apr 2023
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article explores the intersectional politics of Dora Tamana from the 1940s to the early 1980s. A key figure in the anti-apartheid movement, Tamana’s activism was deeply informed by her own health, as well as the physical well-being of her family and community. Drawing on her own personal experiences and losses, she carefully constructed a militant and uncompromising politics of African motherhood that grappled with the violence of settler colonialism and racial capitalism. This emphasis on health, care and kinship also crossed borders, forming the basis of Tamana’s Black international politics which were shaped by the international women’s movement and her travels in Europe, China, Mongolia, and the Soviet Union.
AB - This article explores the intersectional politics of Dora Tamana from the 1940s to the early 1980s. A key figure in the anti-apartheid movement, Tamana’s activism was deeply informed by her own health, as well as the physical well-being of her family and community. Drawing on her own personal experiences and losses, she carefully constructed a militant and uncompromising politics of African motherhood that grappled with the violence of settler colonialism and racial capitalism. This emphasis on health, care and kinship also crossed borders, forming the basis of Tamana’s Black international politics which were shaped by the international women’s movement and her travels in Europe, China, Mongolia, and the Soviet Union.
U2 - 10.1080/17533171.2023.2177455
DO - 10.1080/17533171.2023.2177455
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 124
EP - 145
JO - Safundi: the Journal of South African and American Studies
JF - Safundi: the Journal of South African and American Studies
SN - 1753-3171
IS - 3-4
ER -