Noni Jabavu
A peripatetic writer ahead of her times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10836859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Makhosazana Xaba (0000-0002-7282-2113, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 217-219 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tydskrif vir letterkunde (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-476X • E-ISSN: 2309-9070 |
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.46i1.4300 |
| OpenAlex | W2285342328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
When Noni Jabavu died in June last year, I had just talked about her biography a few days earlier at the Cape Town International Book Fair. I was the only person on that four-person panel whose biography was still ‘work-in-progress’. Her death brought that progress to a pause. It numbed me to inaction in ways I had not expected. I realized then that my emotional connection to her was much stronger than I had acknowledged to myself. Although I had spoken to her only once, for no longer than 5 minutes in 2005, I had carried the story of her life with me for much too long. As I continue to unearth and piece it together I grow in my belief that she was a woman who lived way ahead of her times
Art · Art history · Biography · Literature · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |