@incollection{dube_boundaries_2020, title = {Boundaries and Bridges: Journeys of a Postcolonial Feminist in Biblical Studies}, isbn = {978-0-567-68735-7}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341637704_Boundaries_and_Bridges_Journeys_of_a_Postcolonial_Feminist_in_Biblical_Studies}, shorttitle = {Boundaries and Bridges}, abstract = {Musa W. Dube As a young girl, one of the derisive comments I frequently heard at our family retail shop was: “Dilo ke lona le tsile le tlola melolwane le melolwane; dinoka le dinokana, le tsile go bapala kwano. ” That is, “you came crossing one boundary after another, one river after another to trade in our country. ” The subtext in the statement was that we were foreigners who did not deserve, or had merely been favored to access economic resources in Botswana. My parents and five of my eldest siblings were born in Zimbabwe, and the last five of us were born in Botswana. Before we migrated to Botswana, it had happened that the village where my parents lived was declared a white man’s ranch. Indigenous people in the area were given two choices: to remain in their homes and assume the status of servants to the owner...}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, author = {Dube, Musa}, date = {2020-01-01}, note = {Paid}, }