“Hamba Thobekile” Rewriting the narrative of young indigenous African women in times of gendered violence (The collage book) (2018).
“What does it mean to be a young indigenous African woman in times of sexual violence?” This compilation of collages and writings give the reader a glimpse of the young women beginning the rewriting of their own narratives, with them saying “Hamba” [goodbye] to Thobekile. Thobekile, a typical name given to many indigenous African girls, means: the one who is obedient and humble”, and for these young women, the one who is subservient, and lacks agency and power in society, something they wanted to say goodbye to as they began to rewrite their own narratives and those of the girls and boys they were now teaching in schools.
