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Senzeni Marasela on Women

born 1977 South Africa

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When one Black woman succeeds, it is somehow assumed that she represents all of us, that one success is enough for everyone.

Where can we exist in a space where Black feminism doesn’t have to be sanctioned by white women or Black men?

The process of waiting is very personal for Black women, as we wait for different things.

I would really like to see many more Black women remain in the arts.

Women use other women as mirrors to gauge their place or relevance in terms of beauty, wealth, and status

One of the biggest problems is that Black women are often seen as a group rather than as individual artists with individual careers

Women older than us weren’t able to have these opportunities to speak and consider how to claim Black female subjectivities and identities

Women are so accustomed to being sexually available

I realised that my life’s work would be to tell stories from the perspective of a Black woman

Women in African society who have been revered have assumed roles men cannot, and then it is OK for them to be put on a pedestal

We are still walking on very new terrain as Black women in this country, and I hope that the next generation carries on in this tradition

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Senzeni Marasela (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.