Yvette Abrahams

Yvette Abrahams is a South African historian, academic, feminist scholar, organic farmer and advocate for indigenous knowledge and gender equality. She holds a Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Cape Town and has written extensively on Khoisan history, Sarah Baartman, and indigenous economic plants. She has also served as a Commissioner for Gender Equality. Quotes “I was born in Cape Town in the early 1960s to struggle parents of slave and Khoekhoe descent.” University of Cape Town “You can write a hundred papers and attend a thousand conferences, but nothing has the impact of actually practicing what you preach.” University of Cape Town “I reckon one bar of soap does more to convince people of the need to act to end climate change than all my words.” University of Cape Town “That’s how indigenous knowledge communicates. Often it’s totally wordless.” Food For Mzansi “People just do things in a particular way and then you grow up and you do it in a particular way.” Food For Mzansi “Hungry men and hungry women are angry men and angry women.” Daily Maverick “Food is an expression of African women’s relationship with each other, family, community and nature.” Daily Maverick “So for us, this is a form of closure. It's about respect. It's about being able to move on as a people.” SFGate External links Category:South African women Category:South African historians Category:Feminists Category:Indigenous rights activists Category:Living people