Xhosa Women's Voices
Xhosa Women's Voices
A prose anthology
edited by Val McLane and Peggy ka Calata
£6.99 paperback
ISBN 978-1-903914-40-3
In their own words, these representative Xhosa women describe their lives during the Apartheid regime and afterwards, in the new, post 1994 South Africa.
They have suffered immeasurable hardship and sorrow yet they retain, for the most part, a positive attitude and hope for the future. These strong, resilient women have faith in their God, their families, their community and their nation.
The book is co-financed by The Swallows Foundation / Isiseko Senkonjane and Big Mama Productions.
Val McLane is a North East born and bred actor/director/scriptwriter. She worked as a teacher and broadcaster before setting up the Live Theatre in Newcastle with director Geoff Gillham in 1973 and since then she has appeared in numerous theatre, television, film and radio productions.
She has written for stage and screen and recently edited The Prison Plays by Tom Hadaway published by Sunderland University Press. Her script for her one woman show Women in My Past was also published by Biscuit Publishing.
Peggy ka Calata is a director of Isiseko Senkonjane (SA). She lives in South Africa, and assisted with translating the interviews from Xhosa to English.
