Ecofeminist invitations in the works of Sindiwe Magona

Ecofeminist invitations in the works of Sindiwe Magona

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The global challenges of environmental devastation and gender-based injustice require a multifocal approach in appropriating effective solutions.While acknowledging the effectual endeavours initiated through the social and natural sciences to counteract these areas of degradation, this paper offers another field of potential mediation: ecofeminist literary criticism.Through its WHOLE RYE interrogation of selected Acid Neutralizing Formulas works by the black South African writer, Sindiwe Magona, it seeks to reveal the value of literature as a tool to counteract destructive political and patriarchal rhetorical paradigms, which have served to oppress nature and women and, through ecofeminist discourse, mitigate lasting global change.