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Basali!
Basali!: Stories by and about Women in Lesotho | K. Limakatso Kendall
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The stories offer glimpses of traditional healers, circumcision schools, witches, bride-prices, and extended rural family life. There are families disrupted by migrant labour, women and men brutalised by apartheid, teenagers who violate tradition, and middle-class office-workers whose rural families live by a different click than the one that ticks for them.
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Basali!: Stories by and about Women in Lesotho | K. Limakatso Kendall
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I‘m quoting an entire paragraph because I love this.

“Basali literally translated into English is “women,” but its meaning as an exclamation on Sesotho is rich with humor, affection, and women‘s connection. Usually exclaimed by one woman to another, often delivered with a laugh, an amused shaking of the head, or a clapping of hands, Basali! strongly evokes Basotho women‘s love and respect for one another. ⬇

DrexEdit It is roughly equivalent to “Girl!” in African-American English and is spoken with the same high-toned, sliding inflection. It could be translated as some variant of “You‘re so sassy/clever/good-looking/outrageous/hilarious/dangerous/powerful/dazzling/audacious that I don‘t know what more to say to you!” But note that “Girl!” is singular and praises individual audacity. ⬇ 2y
DrexEdit Basali! is plural; it carries with it the implication that whatever the one woman is, and is being praised or admired for, is also true for the rest of her kind. “You are outrageous, powerful, etc.; and so are we all!”

From a book of stories written by Lesotho women that I am reading for #ReadingAfrica2022.

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