Waiting for Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee's one of Best novel. Character of Nameless Barbarian Girl represents African women's condition

1.  Name – Reena K. Khasatiya
 Roll no. - 29
 Sem. – 4
 Batch – 2017-19
 Email Id.- khasatiyamili21@gmail.com
 Paper name- African literature

2.  Topic
 Introduction
 Waiting for the Barbarians
 Nameless Barbarian girl
 African Women
 Outcome
 Conclusion

4.  “ No one is born hating another person
because of the colour of his skin, or his
background or his religion. People learn to
hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can
taught to be love, for love comes more
naturally to the human heart than its
opposite.’ – Nelson Mandela

5.  Novel by the South
African born writer J.M.
Coetzee.
 It was intended as an
allegorical attack on
racial discrimination in
South Africa.

6.  Magistrate is the
centre of Novel.
 Barbarian’s imaginary
identity
 Joll as real Barbarian.

7.  The nameless Barbarian Girl comes to play
a central role in Magistrate’s life.
 Girl’s vision is permanently impaired, ankles
brutally disfigured and father is killed.
 Magistrate takes her under his wing and
employing her as cook and maid.
 But, The professional relationship quickly
turns into sexual.

8.  The Barbarian girl therefore expose a
distance between herself and Magistrate.
 A distance which might be interpreted as
representing the collision of two disparate
cultures...
- That of the Nomands and
- That of the Empire.

9.  Women who were born in, who live in, and
are from the continent of Africa.
 Women’s traditional role
 Role in war
 In Society- Queen mother
 Marginalize cause of their Skin and
appearance in The world.

10.  Barbarian Girl represents a radical difference
from the Magistrate’s perception of the
world.
 Ironically, even though she is blind, the girl
makes the Magistrate feel more exposed
and visible.
 Since, He sees himself reflected in her eyes.
Not taken in and received.

11.  “Nobody can teach me who I am. You can
describe parts of me, but who I am - and
what I need - is something I have to find out
myself.”
- Chinua Achebe.