The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

The ANC Women’s League: Sex, Danger and Politics by Shireen Hassim.

First formed in the early 20th century, the ANC Women’s League grew from a modest grouping of women into an organisation occupying a leading position in the women’s movement in South Africa. The league is regarded as both front and centre in the century-long transition to a democracy that rates gender equality a core constitutional value. It has, indeed, always regarded itself as the women’s movement, frequently asserting that it is the vanguard organisation and the only legitimate voice of the women of South Africa. But, as this deeply insightful book shows, the history of the league is a more complicated affair: it was neither the only women’s organisation in the political field nor was it an easy ally for South African feminism.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/876697015

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.