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WEAVE (Women's
Education & Artistic Voice Expression)
WEAVE is a black women's writing and publishing collective
in Capetown, South Africa.
P.O. Box 717, Greenpoint
Cape Town, 8051 South Africa
Contact
Malika Ndlovu
Tel +27 (0) 21-448-6877
Fax +27 (0) 21-448-6877
Mobile +27 (0) 83-745-1398
Email
Administrator
Barbara Boswell
Tel +27 (0) 21-762- 5363
Email
Members
Joan Baker (1934-2000)
Shelley Barry
Pat Fahrenfort
Gertrude Fester
Beverley Jansen
Deela Khan
Malika Conning Ndlovo
Maganthrie Pillay
Carmen Myles Raizenberg
Mavis Smallberg
Weaam Williams
Mission Statement
To promote the
writing of black women in the Western Cape through mutual
exchange in terms of creativity, skills sharing and moral
support.
Activities
History and Accomplishments
WEAVE was founded
in 1997, although some of its members have been working together
for many years. Frustrated by the fact that so few black women
were being published; astonished by hearing publishers say
it was time blacks wrote about something new, instead of apartheid
and struggle; and concerned about the way black characters
were depicted by white writers, members of WEAVE decided to
find a way to tell their own story. Since then they have met
regularly, performed their work in many public venues, given
three one-day writing workshops for aspiring black women writers,
and published the first self-published, multi-genre collection
of Black women's writing to come out of contemporary South
Africa, ink@boiling
point, edited by Malika Conning Ndlovu, Shelley Barry,
and Deela Khan. The second edition of the book was published
in March 2002 and can be ordered from:
Clarke's Bookshop
211 Long Street
Cape Town, 8001 South Africa
Tel +27-21-423-5739
Fax +27-21-423-6441
Email
Clarke's
Bookshop
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