A Bosadi (Womanhood) reading of Genesis 16

Abstract

The received interpretations of the Bible in African context in South Africa have always been foreign. The colonisers not only colonised the land, even the interpretation of the Bible was colonised. The received interpretations of Genesis16 serves as a case in point in this paper. As a point of departure, the colonial/missionary reading of Genesis 16 is given. This is followed by a counter-reading: A Bosadi(Womanhood)reading of the same text with a view to making it accessible to its African-South African female readers in a more relevant way