#Blessed: An analysis of writing-back-to-self on the emerging issues of transactional sex relationships in The Blessed Girl (2018), Bare: #The Blesser Game (2017), Sweet Medicine (2016) and The Y in yOUR Man is Silent: Book 1(2019)

Authors

  • Emelda Gawas Namibia University of Science and Technology
  • Prof Kangira University of Namibia
  • Dr Mlambo University of Namibia

Keywords:

transactional sex relationships, blessees, postcolonial, self-reflexive, writing-back-to-self, emerging issues, fiction

Abstract

Methodology

The content analysis of four contemporary African literature texts in English was the focus of this qualitative desktop position paper. Qualitative literary research was suited for this position paper since it gives textual descriptions and non-numerical data about transactional sex relationships categorized as blessers, blessees, sugar daddies, sugar babies, and side-chicks in the selected novels. The textual descriptions of transactional sex relationships in the selected novels have enabled the researcher to conduct an analytical reading and interrogation of the issues presented in the texts and to categorize them as emerging issues in African society using Mwangi’s (2009) postcolonial paradigm of writing-back-to-self. The purposive sampling technique was used to select and analyse the four novels by southern African writers based on their representation of transactional sex relationships. The selected novels were The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa (2018), Bare: #The Blesser Game by Jackie Phamotse (2017) and The y in yOUR Man is Silent: Book 1 by Yvonne Maphosa (2019).

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Author Biographies

Emelda Gawas, Namibia University of Science and Technology

Ms Emelda ǂGawas (/Ucham) is a lecturer at the Namibia University of Science and Technology where she teaches different English service courses. Her research interests are Afropolitanism, Namibian literature, Stylistics and Lipstick Feminism. Emelda is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Namibia. Email: egawas@nust.na

Prof Kangira, University of Namibia

Prof Jairos Kangira is a Professor in the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Namibia. He earned his PhD in Rhetoric Studies from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and has published extensively in the field of rhetoric, language and literature. Email: jkangira@unam.na

Dr Mlambo, University of Namibia

Prof Nelson Mlambo is a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities, Society and Development at the University of Namibia. He has published several articles and books on literature, language and communication. Email: nmlambo@unam.na

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Published

2023-09-14

How to Cite

Gawas, E., Kangira, J. ., & Mlambo, N. (2023). #Blessed: An analysis of writing-back-to-self on the emerging issues of transactional sex relationships in The Blessed Girl (2018), Bare: #The Blesser Game (2017), Sweet Medicine (2016) and The Y in yOUR Man is Silent: Book 1(2019). JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre, 7(1 and 2), 33–34. Retrieved from https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JULACE/article/view/1746

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 and 2 (2022): JULACE

Section

Articles