Abstract
The recent attention to decolonisation in academia and other facets of the sociopolitical landscape has encouraged many to re-examine their tenets of faith and their methods of incorporating personal expressions of spirituality into their decision-making processes. The significance of faith practices for South Africans as they manoeuvre the challenges of navigating the post-apartheid context has been acknowledged across a number of disciplines, including law, education and healthcare. Yet for decades, South African writers have seamlessly included religious thought and practice into their works, evidencing the subtle influence of faith and tradition in their prose. For many, their religious faith has been vital to their identity development and cultural expression, and synonymous with their liberation. This article examines these metaphoric realities in the cohesive interplay of African traditions and western Christianity in the oeuvre of recognised black South African writer Sindiwe Magona.
Highlights
The Huffington Post South Africa (Davies 2017), in anticipation of the Christian celebration of Easter, devoted a series of articles to the spiritual journey of South Africans
Jerry Pillay (2017) notes that postapartheid South African churches seek to encourage the activity of faith in the daily lives of their congregants, while some members express disappointment that the Church has not been engaged http://www.literator.org.za
This article seeks to explore the dual elements of Christian and African traditional religion that South African writer Sindiwe Magona incorporates into her autobiographies, poetry and fictional works as metaphoric realities of her identity formation, cultural expression and liberation theology
Summary
The Huffington Post South Africa (Davies 2017), in anticipation of the Christian celebration of Easter, devoted a series of articles to the spiritual journey of South Africans. Jerry Pillay (2017) notes that postapartheid South African churches seek to encourage the activity of faith in the daily lives of their congregants, while some members express disappointment that the Church has not been engaged http://www.literator.org.za
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