The Resource The born frees : writing with the girls of Gugulethu, Kimberly Burge
The born frees : writing with the girls of Gugulethu, Kimberly Burge
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- Summary
- "A creative writing group unites and inspires girls of the first South African generation "born free." Born into post-apartheid South Africa, the young women of the townships around Cape Town still face daunting challenges. Their families and communities have been ravaged by poverty, violence, sexual abuse, and AIDS. Yet, as Kimberly Burge discovered when she set up a writing group in the township of Gugulethu, the spirit of these girls outshines their circumstances. Girls such as irrepressible Annasuena, whose late mother was one of South Africa's most celebrated singers; bubbly Sharon, already career-bound; and shy Ntombi, determined to finish high school and pursue further studies, find reassurance and courage in writing. Together they also find temporary escape from the travails of their lives, anxieties beyond boyfriends and futures: for some of them, worries that include HIV medication regimens, conflicts with indifferent guardians, struggles with depression. Driven by a desire to claim their own voices and define themselves, their writing in the group Amazw'Entombi, "Voices of the Girls," provides a lodestar for what freedom might mean" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xii, 348 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239164
- Label
- The born frees : writing with the girls of Gugulethu
- Title
- The born frees
- Title remainder
- writing with the girls of Gugulethu
- Statement of responsibility
- Kimberly Burge
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A creative writing group unites and inspires girls of the first South African generation "born free." Born into post-apartheid South Africa, the young women of the townships around Cape Town still face daunting challenges. Their families and communities have been ravaged by poverty, violence, sexual abuse, and AIDS. Yet, as Kimberly Burge discovered when she set up a writing group in the township of Gugulethu, the spirit of these girls outshines their circumstances. Girls such as irrepressible Annasuena, whose late mother was one of South Africa's most celebrated singers; bubbly Sharon, already career-bound; and shy Ntombi, determined to finish high school and pursue further studies, find reassurance and courage in writing. Together they also find temporary escape from the travails of their lives, anxieties beyond boyfriends and futures: for some of them, worries that include HIV medication regimens, conflicts with indifferent guardians, struggles with depression. Driven by a desire to claim their own voices and define themselves, their writing in the group Amazw'Entombi, "Voices of the Girls," provides a lodestar for what freedom might mean" --
- Assigning source
- provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burge, Kimberly
- Dewey number
- 305.242/20968
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ1800.5
- LC item number
- .B87 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Young women
- Creative writing
- Post-apartheid era
- Creative writing
- Post-apartheid era
- Young women
- South Africa
- Label
- The born frees : writing with the girls of Gugulethu, Kimberly Burge
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xii, 348 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239164
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015010037
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn891611161
- Label
- The born frees : writing with the girls of Gugulethu, Kimberly Burge
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xii, 348 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239164
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015010037
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn891611161
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