Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins: A Representation of Women’s Presence in Zimbabwean Politics

• In Event: "Talking Back": Examining Feminist Voice(s)

Abstract

This paper focusses on Yvonne Vera's The Stone Virgins, with an aim of explaining how the female characters, who represent African women in Zimbabwe, struggle to reclaim their voices in a patriarchal environment that gags them. These women play a crucial role in Zimbabwe's fight for independence, which in itself should enable them be heard in postcolonial Zimbabwe, but ironically does not. This situation informs their struggle to be heard.

Presenter

• Gloria Ajami Makokha, Kenyatta University