| Samenvatting: | In this engaging and dynamic collection of essays by ten black women writers in Britain are personal stories, glimpses of history, discussions of the intentions and obligations of writing itself, and a powerful sense of resistance in the face of British racism. These essays are also about colonialism and slavery, male domination, the family and motherhood, work and sexuality. The contributors, some of whom were born in Britain, others originally from other countries, are Beverly Bryan, Stella Dadzie, and Susanne Scafe, (Writing about their collaboration on The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain), Valery Bloom, Amryl Johnson, Grace Nichols, Marsha Prescod, Lauretta Ngcobo, Agnes Sam and Maud Sulter. Poems, prose pieces, critical commentaries and a comprehensive introduction combine to offer a view of the rich and multi-faceted cultural tradition of this writing in the 1980's. |