Being a young black woman from Botswana in Durban

In the chapter, Being a young black woman from Botswana in Durban, One Selohilwe focuses on how coming from another country to pursue her studies in Durban caused her to reflect on constructions of ‘race’ and gender in South Africa. While looking forward to living in a place ‘rich in culture and diversity,’ she finds expectations about how she should behave as a black person quite limiting and alienating. For example, students and lecturers problematise her decision—as a black woman—to mixing with people from other ‘races’, especially males. One's piece provides an honest examination of dealing with foreign social & 'racial' expectations.

Reference:
Selohilwe, One. 'Being a young black woman from Botswana in Durban', in Rob Pattman and Sultan Khan (Eds.), Undressing Durban (Durban: Madiba Press, 2007), pp. 82-84.