Open AccessDancing with Mountains
Author(s) -
Malika Ndlovu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
education as change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1947-9417
pISSN - 1682-3206
DOI - 10.25159/1947-9417/7937
Subject(s) - poetry , indigenous , the arts , face (sociological concept) , documentation , ideal (ethics) , work (physics) , sociology , traditional knowledge , pedagogy , aesthetics , visual arts , political science , literature , art , social science , law , engineering , programming language , computer science , mechanical engineering , biology , ecology
Poetry informed by indigenous knowledge systems, whether written, spoken or heard, offers ideal pathways for healing and transformation. Being “medicine” in the broadest non-clinical sense, it is deeply restorative as activism, as caregiving practice and as balm in the face of relentless assaults on our bodies and beings. This I exemplify in my own work alongside a range of South African poets and poetry educators, authors, healers and (arts and/or education) activists with the hope of inspiring further research and documentation of such work.
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