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As a first-generation Black academic woman and mother, there are still remnants of the past in post-Apartheid South Africa that continue to permeate the present. In this chapter, I use autoethnography to draw on various experiences I had while completing my postdoctoral fellowship. In this chapter, I argue against glorifying resilient mothering in academia as a norm but rather endorsing mothering as a site of resistance within the academy. Mothering in academia is thus a form of decolonial love, moving away from colonial conceptions of the academic mother towards inclusionary notions of mothers as full citizens of the academy.

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“They Are a Burden to You”: Reflecting on Mothering as Decolonial Love in Academia in South Africa

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    2025年

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  • Danille Elize Arendse

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As a first-generation Black academic woman and mother, there are still remnants of the past in post-Apartheid South Africa that continue to permeate the present. In this chapter, I use autoethnography to draw on various experiences I had while completing my postdoctoral fellowship. In this chapter, I argue against glorifying resilient mothering in academia as a norm but rather endorsing mothering as a site of resistance within the academy. Mothering in academia is thus a form of decolonial love, moving away from colonial conceptions of the academic mother towards inclusionary notions of mothers as full citizens of the academy.