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Author: Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

Rumbi is a Zimbabwean-born South African-based feminist author. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, and on FeministsSA.com and MyFirstTimeSA.com. She has worked with various South African civil society organisations, including Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. In her spare time, Rumbi enjoys blogging, watching mind-numbing reality TV, and, occasionally, tweeting.
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November 22, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

Disgrace

May 6, 2017April 1, 2019 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

All I Want for Mother’s Day

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

The Immortal Lessons of Henrietta Lacks

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

Nolite te bastardes carborondurum: A Maternal Reading of The Handmaid’s Tale

November 18, 2015April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

No hood like this mamahood

July 16, 2015April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

A Birth Story

March 9, 2015April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

Birth Pains

January 7, 2015April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

But is it racism?

November 30, 2014April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

On Silence and Human Limits

November 25, 2013April 21, 2017 Rumbi Goredema Gorgens

The Fear

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