Journal publications by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2022) In search of reciprocity: Feminist challenges in Posthumanist thinking–An intellectual meditation. Agenda. 36(1): 43-53.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2022) “Amid the Alien Corn – Stories of Indenture.” In Publication of Oral History Association of South Africa [OHASA, Dept of Arts and Culture, KZN; Edited by Dr Kogie Archary].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2022) “Frescos Across the Firmament.” In English Academy Review. Review Essay on Siddharthiya Pillay’s Poetry Collection : Much Love, Light and Kindness and Immaterial Reflections. [Published : September 2022].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2021) **Creative Essay: ** “The Shards of Memory – And the Mapping of Desire.’ English Academy Review. 38(1): 69-77.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2021) “Rosemary Gray in Conversation with Betty Govinden during the 2020 Madibaland World Literary Festival.” [on Ben Okri]. English Academy Review. 38(1): 97-106.
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2020) The Arts in the time of pandemic. Agenda. 34(3): 148-153. DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2020.1783888.
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Govinden, Betty (2019) “Two oceans marathon” – women from the South. Agenda. 33(3): 34-41. DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2019.1680258.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2018) “Women Doing History Differently.” African Perspectives of Research in Teaching and Learning. 2(1): 30-46.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) “Thinking Through, Talking Back: Creative Theorisation as Sites of Praxis-Theory” – A Creative Dialogue…” AGENDA : Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 30 July, 2018, pp. 109-118. Submitted by Prof Sharlene Khan. Panel : Collaboration: Professors Sharlene Khan, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Dr Yvette Abrahams, Professor Neelika Jayawardane, Ms Siphokazi Jonas, & Dr Betty Govinden. From African Feminisms Colloquium – “ ‘Six Mountains on her Back’ – [Re] Thinking African Feminisms.” At Rhodes University, 21-22 July 2017.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) “Gandhi – ‘Of the Earth, earthy’: A Critical View of Gandhi in South Africa.” English Academy Review. 34(1): 71-84.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2016) “The Notion of Authority in Tales of the Metric System.” In CURRENT WRITING – Reading and Reception in South Africa [Special Issue on Coovadia], Vol 28, No 1, 2016, pp. 40–49; edited by Prof Ronit Frenkel [UJ]
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2015) Review Essay – Regarding Muslims – From Slavery to Post-apartheid, by Gabeba Baderoon. 2014. Wits University Press: Johannesburg. In SAFUNDI – The Journal of South African and American Studies. Vol 16, 2015, issue 2. pp. 237-241.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2014) Book Review of Reading Migration and Culture: The World of East Africa Indian Literature. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa. 26(1): 102-106. DOI: 10.1080/1013929X.2014.897823.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2011) A fire that blazed in the ocean–Gandhi and the poems of Satyagraha in South Africa, 1909-1911 by Surendra Bhana and Neelima Shukla-Bhatt. Journal of Natal and Zulu History. 29: 158-161.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam (2011) Remembering “Salisbury Island”. Yesterday & Today. 6: 53-62.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam (2009) Healing the wounds of history: South African Indian writing. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa. 21(1-2): 286-302. DOI: 10.1080/1013929X.2009.9678322.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2009) Claiming Pandita Ramabai in an Indian Christian diasporic location in the early 20th century: spelling out the fragments of a broken geography. Migration-challenge to religious identity. 2: 113-132.
Govinden, Betty Devarakshanam (2008) The Mahatma, the text and the critic—in South Africa. Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa. 13(2): 47-62.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2003) Aziz Hassim’s “The Lotus People”. Annual Review of Islam in South Africa 6. 60-62.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (1998) ‘While she watered the morning glories’: evaluating the literary achievement of Gcina Mhlophe. African Literature Today. (21): 69-81.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (1995) Reading Back: Images of God in Pauline Smith’s “The Little Karroo”. Journal of constructive theology. 1(1): 75-90.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (1994) Women-Searching in South Africa. Journal of theology for Southern Africa. 89: 3-3.
Co-edited Journal publications by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Amin, Nyna & Govinden, Betty (2014) Autobiographies, biographies and writing lives. Agenda. 28(1): 3-6.
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Govinden, Betty Devarakshanam & Kalpana Hiralal (2013) Special Issue: Journal of Natal and Zulu History. 1913 Satyagraha, and the Legacy of Passive Resistance.
Hofmeyr, Isabel & Govinden, Betty Devarakshanam (2008) Africa/India: Culture and Circulation in the Indian Ocean. Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa. 13(2): 5-15.
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Books by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2021) The Story of Senthamani 1923-2021 – Commemorative Centenary.
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2015) 1913 Satyagraha Passive Resistance and Its Legacy. Delhi, India: Manohar Publishers & Distributors.
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2010) Words on Water – Reflections on Recent Writing. Lap Publishing, Germany.
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2008) Sister Outsiders: The Representation of Identity and Difference in Selected Writings by South African Indian Women. Pretoria: University of South Africa Press.
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2008) A Time of Memory reflections on recent South African Writings. Durban: Solo Collective.
Phiri, Isabel Apawo; Govinden, Devarakshanam & Nadar, Sarojini (Eds) (2002) Her Stories: Hidden Histories of Women of Faith in Africa. Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal: Cluster Publications.
Co-edited books by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
1913 Satyagraha, and the Legacy of Passive Resistance. Govinden, Betty Devarakshanam & Kalpana Hiralal. Eds. Manohar: New Delhi, 2013.
Co-Editor : Phiri, Isabel Apawo, Devarakshanam Govinden and Sarojini Nadar [eds]. Herstories – Hidden Histories of Women of Faith in Africa Cluster Publications: Pietermaritzburg, 2002.
[Publication of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.] IBSN : 1-875053-33-6. Publication contains two chapters by D Govinden:
- “The Mother of African Freedom – The Contribution of Charlotte Maxeke to the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa.”
- “’Out of the Purdah Club’ – The Contribution of Kunwarani Lady Gunwati Singh in Colonial Natal.”
Associate Editor [Member of the Research Team and one of the Associate Editors]: 2003. WOMEN WRITING AFRICA – THE SOUTHERN AFRICA REGION VOLUME 1. Feminist Press, New York. [Main Editors: Margaret Daymond, Dorothy Driver, Sheila Meintjes, Leloba Molema, Chiedza Musengezi, Margie Orford, & Nobantu Rasebotsa.] IBSN : 1—86814-394-5
Book chapters by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty & Pillay, Daisy (2022) “Learning through Object Inquiry about Raced Lives – Artful Self-narratives for enfleshing our scholarly selves as re-imagined acts of ‘Self’ Care and ‘Other’ Care.” In Research in Life Writing [Edited by Lucy Bailey, Oklahoma State University, US].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2022) Autobiographical Essay: Global Stories of Indenture [Invited to contribute]: Co-ordinated by Prof David Dabydeen, University of Warwick, UK. [Forthcoming]
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2021) “The Story of Pandita Ramabai, and her work among the Untouchable Castes in India.” In : The Meanings of Discipleship. Eds. Hayes and Cherry, London:SCM, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-334-06026-0. pp. 93-107. [Queens Foundation, Birmingham, UK.]
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2020) “Gandhi – of the Earth, earthy…” In Engaging with the Mahatma : Multiple Perspectives. Eds. Prof Mala Pandurang, et al. Published by Gandhi Studies Centre, BMNC College, University of Mumbai. Pp. 16-34.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2020) “Biography as History – The Story of Indenture and Apartheid [The Story of a Grandmother]. In Labour, Law, and Wayward Lives: South Asian Migrations in Global and Comparative History. Ed. Neilesh Bose, University of Victoria, British Columbia. Published by Bloomsbury Press, London. Pp. 201-223.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2020) “ ‘The Cartography of Struggle’ in South African Theatre, with particular reference to the play, “Reocca Light”, by Ashwin Singh.” In Durban Dialogues Dissected – An Analysis of Ashwin Singh’s Plays. Editor: Felicity Hand [University of Barcelona]. African Sun Media: Stellenbosch. 2020. Pp.25-40.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) “Not Just an Object: Exploring Epistemological Vantages in Post-Colonial Thinking.” In Pillay, Daisy, Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan and Inbanathan Naicker [eds. UKZN]. 2017. Object Medleys – Interpretive Possibilities for Educational Research. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) Key Lecture: “The World Upside Down – A View from the South.” In Yearbook, Malmo Art Academy, University of Lund, Sweden. Pp. 548-555. [April 2017 – Visiting Lecturer].
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2014) Introduction in Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice: Five South African Plays. Ashwin Singh. Aurora Metro Books.
Amin, Nyna & Govinden, Devarakshanam (2012) Sari stories: Fragmentary images of ‘Indian woman’. In Was it something I wore? DRESS IDENTITY MATERIALITY. Relebohile Moletsane, Claudia Mitchell & Ann Smith (Eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. Pp. 323-340.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam (2009) Review of Allison Drew, Between Empire and Revolution: A Life of Sidney Bunting 1873–1936. Journal of Natal and Zulu History. 27: 85-87. 10.1080/02590123.2009.11964155.
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Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2002) ‘The Mother of African Freedom’– The Contribution of Charlotte Maxeke to the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa. In Her-stories: Hidden Histories of Women of Faith in Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. Pp. 304-326.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2000) AGAINST AN AFRICAN SKY: COOLIE DOCTOR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. In The Literature of the Indian Diaspora: Essays in Criticism. A.L. McLeod (Ed). New Delhi: Sterling. Pp. 82.
Book Reviews and Back-Cover Blurbs by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2023) Back-Cover Blurb : Durban’s Casbah – Bunny Chows, Bolsheviks and Bioscopes. By Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed. UKZN Press.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2020) Book Reviews: In CREATIVE NETWORK : 50 Short Book Reviews [Weekly] for Creative Network [Online Journal of the School of Education, UKZN.] Editor : Dr Angela James and team. 2020 – 2021 [During COVID-19].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2020) Back-Cover Blurb. Dr Rajie Tudge: Teaching the Canna Bush. Published by J&B Printers, Durban.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2019) Back-Cover Blurb. Vasugi Singh. Bharatha-Natyam – An Ancient Dance Form – A Journey from India to South Africa. Launched : 25 March 2019.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2018) Review Essay. Time to Remember – Reflections of Women from the Black Consciousness Movement. Edited by Sam Moodley. [On request of Editor]
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) Review Essay. “Asherville–Springtown: Trenches of Civil Society.” Asherville – Springtown – People and Place, by Hemant Singh and Pravin Ram. Post 2017.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2016) Review Essay. Leading for Change – Race, Intimacy and Leadership on divided university campuses. Jonathan Jansen. [Unpublished. On request of author.]
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2015) Review Essay. In Grace and Truth. Journal of St Joseph’s Theological Institute, Cedara, 2016. Book Title: Garman, Anthea. 2015. Antjie Krog and the Post-Apartheid Public Sphere – Speaking Poetry to Power. UKZN Press:Pietermaritzburg. [Editor: Professor Sue Rakozy].
Book forwards by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (forthcoming) Foreword: Stories from Gledhow Sugar Mill – North Coast of KwaZulu Natal. By Bala Moodley.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2023) Foreword : Poems During Covid. By Sanabelle Ebrahim. DUT.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2022) Foreword: Sisters in The Struggle – Women of Indian Origin in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle. Kalpana Hiralal [UKZN]. Published by UNISA Press: Pretoria. Volume 1; Volume 2 & Volume 3.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (date unknown) Foreword: Copy Boy – A Journey for Newsroom Gopher to Award-winning Editor. By Dennis Pather [Memoir].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2019) Foreword: WOMANDLA – A Collection of Women’s Voices. Edited by Shabnam Palesa Mohamed et al. Second ‘Foreword’ by Gcina Mhlophe. 15 September 2019 [Launched].
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2017) Introduction: “A Critical Overview.” Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice: Five South African Plays. By Ashwin Singh. Aurora Metro Books. Pp.13-15.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2016) Foreword: Desperation to Destiny – Finding God in your Journey of Healing and Growth. By Stanley Arumugam. Reach Publishers. Durban. Pp. 7-8.
Theses by Devarakshanam (Betty) Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam (2000) Sister Outsiders: The Representation of Identity and Difference in Selected Writings by South African Indian Women. Doctoral Thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Non-Peer reviewed publications by Betty Govinden
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2021) Short Tribute to Ronnie Govender in English Academy Newsletter.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2019) “The Poetry of The Soul.” [Poetry and Gandhi] On The South African Writers Circle Website.
Govinden, Devarakshanam Betty (2019) Tribute to Nobandile Biko [Biko’s sister], 14 Nov 2019. [Published on SAHistoryOnline.]