Admitting the variety, embracing the fractures, this was the lesson of all of Wicomb’s writing.
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A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
Undocumented for decades, black South African feminists are increasingly visible. The essays in Surfacing present 22 leading thinkers.
In the US and South Africa, “passing” as another race has a long and painful history. Controversial American Rachel Dolezal’s “passing” to justify her identity makes a mockery of such histories.



