Abstract
M.A. (African Languages)
This research concentrates primarily on feminism and attempts to study it in relation to
Northern Sotho literature. As Kekana is undoubtedly the first author to deal with this
topic in her novel - NONYANA YA TOKOLOGO (The Bird of Freedom), this proves
the fact that in Northern Sotho literature feminism is still at its infancy stage, hence, the
topic of this research - KEKANA'S NONYANA YA TOKOLOGO AS
REPRESENTATIVE OF EMERGING FEMINISM IN NORTHERN SOTHO
LITERATURE. Feminism emerges in Northern Sotho literature for the following two
reasons: firstly, Kekana is the first writer in Northern Sotho to show vested interest in the
topic; secondly, though her efforts in pioneering this path are appreciated, she should
have clearly shown the way women should go to be liberated from patriarchal prison.
After demonstrating so well that men oppress women in a patriarchal society, she
dampens women's morale to aspire to freedom by returning Taamane to her oppressor- Tshaledi.