abstract What role have black women from poor black townships of South Africa played in African or black feminism? To ask this is to open up Pandora’s box about our denial of the homogeneity of black middle class feminism in South Africa. Black feminism is invoked as though black women are devoid of class/sexuality/gender/educational differences. To ask what role black feminists from the township play requires us to examine the shape that black feminism takes in the black townships of South Africa. This paper takes the form of a transcribed interview with my aunt and black feminist scholar, Wanelisa Xaba. In the interview, I locate myself as a ‘township feminist’ and reflect on what this identity means in post-apartheid South Africa. Much needs to be explored about the disjuncture between middle class black feminism and the lived realities of poor black African women on the ground. Informed by Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality, the transcribed interview between Xaba and me reflects on the dynamics of gender/class/education ‘privilege’ in our family. During the interview, we explore the politics of a university education as a legitimiser of feminist ‘credibility’ and how ‘university privilege’ is a form of structural violence perpetrated against black feminists outside of the academy. We further explore how Xaba (a feminist who went to university) experiences privilege within the family while my feminism remains marginalised. Taking a closer look at our childhood, Xaba and I further explore the gendered extra labour we have had to undertake in order to ‘hold down the home’. This speaks to a broader issue: when the state fails to liberate black people from poverty, the girl child is tasked with the extra burden of providing. This we mirror against prevalent traditional Xhosa values that assert that ‘men are providers’. We juxtapose this view with the actual situation in which black women are the actual providers and pillars of township communities. This interview aims to illuminate an intergenerational conversation between family members about privilege, power, socialisation and reclamation of black township feminism.

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乡镇经济和女权主义等级制度：来自夸兰加的两位黑人女权主义者的家庭对话

摘要 来自南非贫穷黑人乡镇的黑人妇女在非洲或黑人女权主义中扮演了什么角色？问这个问题是打开潘多拉的盒子，关于我们否认南非黑人中产阶级女权主义的同质性。黑人女权主义被称为黑人女性似乎没有阶级/性别/性别/教育差异。要问乡镇的黑人女权主义者扮演什么角色，我们需要检查黑人女权主义在南非黑人乡镇中的形态。这篇论文采用了对我的阿姨和黑人女权主义学者 Wanelisa Xaba 的转录采访的形式。在采访中，我将自己定位为“乡镇女权主义者”，并反思这种身份在种族隔离后的南非意味着什么。关于中产阶级黑人女权主义与当地贫穷的非洲黑人妇女的生活现实之间的脱节，需要进行很多探索。根据克伦肖的交叉理论，我和 Xaba 之间的转录访谈反映了我们家庭中性别/阶级/教育“特权”的动态。在采访中，我们探讨了大学教育作为女权主义“可信度”的合法化者的政治，以及“大学特权”如何成为对学院外黑人女权主义者实施的一种结构性暴力形式。我们进一步探讨了 Xaba（上过大学的女权主义者）如何在家庭中体验特权，而我的女权主义仍然被边缘化。仔细看看我们的童年，Xaba 和我进一步探索了我们为了“维持家庭”而不得不承担的性别额外劳动。这说明了一个更广泛的问题：当国家未能将黑人从贫困中解放出来时，女童就要承担额外的负担。这反映了流行的传统科萨价值观，即“男人是提供者”。我们将这种观点与黑人妇女是乡镇社区的实际提供者和支柱的实际情况并列。本次采访旨在阐明家庭成员之间关于黑人乡镇女权主义的特权、权力、社会化和开垦的代际对话。这反映了流行的传统科萨价值观，即“男人是提供者”。我们将这种观点与黑人妇女是乡镇社区的实际提供者和支柱的实际情况并列。本次采访旨在阐明家庭成员之间关于黑人乡镇女权主义的特权、权力、社会化和开垦的代际对话。这反映了流行的传统科萨价值观，即“男人是提供者”。我们将这种观点与黑人妇女是乡镇社区的实际提供者和支柱的实际情况并列。本次采访旨在阐明家庭成员之间关于黑人乡镇女权主义的特权、权力、社会化和开垦的代际对话。