| Title: | A violation of a woman’s right to love: J.K. Ngubane’s novel, ‘Uvalo Lwezinhlonzi’ [His Frown Struck Terror] |
| Author: | Gumede, Henry Sifiso |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Periodical: | Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa (ISSN 2159-9130) |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 35-44 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| About person: | Jordan Kush Ngubane (1917-1985) |
| Abstract: | This essay presents some of the ways in which women were (and still are) disadvantaged in traditional Zulu society (South Africa) when it comes to choosing a life partner. The essay does so by analysing a number of points raised by J.K. Ngubane in his novel, ‘Uvalo Lwezinhlonzi’ (His Frown Struck Terror) (Johannesburg, 1956). The title idiomatically describes the fear felt by Manamuza’s daughter Bajwayele of her father’s authoritarian anger, manifested in the wrinkles on his forehead, caused by the thwarting of his financial and political interests. Such interests were bound to clash with Bajwayele’s demands for freedom to choose whom to love. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
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