Precious Assah Sibitane

Broschiertes Buch

A Black African Widow

Beschreibung

In this collection of poetry Assah is deeply concern about the way women and children are treated by the society especially when a man passes on. The inequality between man and women which perpetrate women and children abuse. She has looked at the history of all women and discovered that about 90% of women are suffering under the hands of abusive men. In the poem titled,' A black bleeding beauty,' she condemns the deeds of men and give hope to women and children liberation. She further urged all women to take a trip to themselves, find strength in themselves, depend in themselves and learn to develop themselves to cab the issue of depending on men which gives rise to women and children abuse. She portraits a very loving space but full of disappointment when a woman asks his man to be her valentine which is in vain. She painted a picture on how great God is when she talkes about the beauty of nature in,' He is great.' She condemned Xynophobic acts in, 'The ugly monster,' saying in God's eyes we are one. She portraits a picture on how neglected our police are, and how they are killed by the communities they are protecting on daily bases and condemns such a deed in,'I was born to die.' She left no stone unturned in,' The voice in the wilderness,' where she condemns the government on the treatment and value given to teachers. She condemns children abuse in, 'The bitter life of a black girl child,' and touched challenges like drug abuse and other life challenges, feed your soul and enrich your mind in the diverse collection of poetry, dance, cry, celebrate, pay tribute, pray and condemn.

Autor

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ➢ Precious Assah Sibitane is a vibrant humble high school teacher, a poet and a writer. A hard working teacher who conducts Debates, speech contests and poetry recitation. A grade 12 teacher who prepares learners for drama and poet from grade 8, a teacher who committed herself into preparing learners for public speaking. ➢ Born and raised in one of Mpumalanga's very remote and poverty stricken Trust called Mgobodzi. ➢ Raised in an area where, because of poverty some parents prefer exchanging their daughters with old men in order to get money for survival, where girls do not go to school because they are undermined as strangers who will leave the family when getting married. ➢ She was raised by her father, a pastor and a well- disciplined women who, despite all the above challenges she managed to work in the fields and pay school fees for her children and produced the author who is a qualified teacher. ➢ A place where women , especially widows would be deprived of their husband's properties when their husbands have passed on. ➢ Looking at all the above the author of this book developed a concern about women and children abuse, hence the Title,' A BLACK AFRICAN WIDOW.’ ➢ A woman who enjoyed life when her husband was still alive and when the husband passed on, the in- laws took everything that belongs to her. ➢ As a widow she feels betrayed by the husband who promised to be the through thick and thin but now he is gone and brought all the sorrows endured by the widow and the children. ➢ The collection is mostly about women and their agonies in life which are brought by- by men, a touch on love and its consequences and a touch on drugs and other life challenges

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Son of Man
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9781393700456
• ISBN-10: 1393700454
• Artikelnr.: 61219696