(1908-1968)
“She was the first black woman to get a degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, the main university in Johannesburg, in 1948. She wanted to be a writer and wrote under pseudonyms. She did contemporary research on women and co-founded the Swaziland Progressive Party. She also founded a library for women, so female schoolchildren could just come and read and they didn’t have to rush home and do work at the house.”
-Professor Joel Cabrita, Stanford University
Publications:
Regina G. Twala (1951), Beads as regulating the social life of the Zulu and Swazi, African Studies, 10:3, 113-123, DOI: 10.1080/00020185108706847
Regina G. Twala (1952), Umhlanga (REED) ceremony of the Swazi maidens, African Studies, 11:3, 93-104, DOI: 10.1080/00020185208706875
Pseudonyms:
Mademoiselle