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Meaning of "staffrider" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STAFFRIDER

staffrider  [ˈstɑːfˌraɪdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAFFRIDER

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Staffrider is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STAFFRIDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Staffrider

Staffrider was a South African literary magazine. Staffrider was first published in 1977, and took its name from slang for people hanging outside or on the roof of overcrowded, racially segregated trains. It was one of the most important literary presences of the 1970s and 1980s, aiming to be popular rather than elite was consciously non-racial in the segregated apartheid era. Borrowing its name and image from township slang for black youth who rode the over-crowded African sections of the racially segregated commuter trains by hanging onto the outside or sitting on the roofs, Staffrider had two main objectives: to provide publishing opportunities for community-based organizations and young writers, graphic artists and photographers; and to oppose officially sanctioned state and establishment culture. Produced by The Durban Moment that saw Steve Biko begin the South African Students' Organisation, Staffrider had a view of literature with a small "I": its base was popular rather than elite and it sought to provide an autobiography of experience in its witness of daily black life in South Africa.

Definition of staffrider in the English dictionary

The definition of staffrider in the dictionary is a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAFFRIDER


Buraida
bʊˈraɪdə
Buraydah
bʊˈraɪdə
collider
kəˈlaɪdə
derider
dɪˈraɪdə
hagrider
ˈhæɡˌraɪdə
Ida
ˈaɪdə
insider
ˌɪnˈsaɪdə
lowrider
ˈləʊˌraɪdə
manrider
ˈmænˌraɪdə
nightrider
ˈnaɪtˌraɪdə
outrider
ˈaʊtˌraɪdə
overrider
ˈəʊvəˌraɪdə
postrider
ˈpəʊstˌraɪdə
provider
prəˈvaɪdə
rider
ˈraɪdə
roughrider
ˈrʌfˌraɪdə
Ryder
ˈraɪdə
spider
ˈspaɪdə
strider
ˈstraɪdə
surfrider
ˈsɜːfˌraɪdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAFFRIDER

staff meeting
staff nurse
staff of Aesculapius
staff officer
staff sergeant
staff training
staff-student ratio
Staffa
staffage
staffed
staffer
staffing
staffing officer
staffing ratio
staffman
staffmen
Stafford
Staffordshire
Staffordshire bull terrier
staffroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAFFRIDER

aider
beam rider
boundary rider
cider
circuit rider
consider
dispatch rider
divider
freedom rider
glider
Guider
horse rider
internet service provider
outsider
raider
road rider
service provider
slider
trick rider
water strider

Synonyms and antonyms of staffrider in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «staffrider» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

staffrider
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

staffrider
570 millions of speakers

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staffrider
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

staffrider
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

staffrider
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

staffrider
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Translator English - Portuguese

staffrider
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Translator English - Bengali

staffrider
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Translator English - French

Staffrider
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Translator English - Malay

Kakitangan kakitangan
190 millions of speakers

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Staffrider
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

staffrider
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

staffrider
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Translator English - Javanese

Staffrider
85 millions of speakers
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staffrider
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

staffrider
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्मचारी दलाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

staffrider
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

staffrider
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

staffrider
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

staffrider
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

staffrider
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

staffrider
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

staffrider
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

staffrider
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

staffrider
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAFFRIDER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAFFRIDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about staffrider

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAFFRIDER»

Discover the use of staffrider in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to staffrider and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Muzzled Muse: Literature and Censorship in South Africa
8.2 Staffrider Magazine Having analysed a number of works by individual authors , I now want to turn to a different kind of literary product, a magazine. Staffrider was established in 1978 as a literary magazine written primarily by and for blacks .
Margreet de Lange, 1997
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History from South Africa: Alternative Visions and Practices
4. For an overview of these books see Richard Rive, "Books by Black Writers," in Staffrider 5:1 (1982), 12. 5. See Tom Lodge, Black Politics in South Africa Since 1945 (Johannesburg, 1983), chap. 13. 6. Mike Kirkwood, "Staffrider: an Informal ...
Joshua Brown, 1991
3
Marxism and African Literature
RACE AND CLASS IN SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE DOMINANCE OF POPULIST CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES In this paper, I want to bring certain questions to bear on the literary role of the magazine Staffrider. Now, much of the  ...
Georg M. Gugelberger, 1986
4
The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and Its Cultural ...
When you open Forced Landing (1980), Mothobi Mutloatse's popular anthology of black writing, the first thing you encounter is not the title page but the following announcement, which appears below a stylized map of Africa: The Staffrider ...
Peter D. McDonald, 2009
5
Fact - Fiction - "faction": A Study of Black South African ...
... certainly the most exciting outlet for black writing since the times of Drum.237 In principle, Staffrider is not a black magazine, and white authors have regularly contributed to it. But black literature and art determine its characteristic profile, and ...
Horst Zander, 1999
6
The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980
Their relative success saw the later presence of Izwi, Bolt, Donga and Ophir and, in 1978, the seminal Staffrider. There was still a lot of unease with the fact most of the outlets for publishing were still under the control of white publishers and ...
‎2004
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Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the ...
“About Staffrider,” (editorial), Staffrider1 (May/June 1978); reprinted in Chapman, Somto Poetry, p. 125. 4. Michael Kirkvvood, quoted in Ursula A. Bamett, A Vution of Order:A Study ofBlack South African Literature in Englbh, 1914— 1980 ...
Anne McClintock, 2013
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Readings in African Popular Fiction
Providing the intellectual input - a revisionist Marxism trom the underside ot Empire — Kirkwood articulated the views of the Staffrider editorial collective that Literature had a small T (1978). The base was popular rather than elite; the strength ...
Stephanie Newell, 2002
9
Beyond the Echoes of Soweto: Five Plays by Matsemela Manaka
Some of us look at Staffrider as a cultural organisation. It gave birth to a lot of organisations. Q. These organisations are reflected in the magazine itself, aren't they, since you publish works — poetry and stories — on the basis of group ...
Matsemela Manaka, Geoffrey V. Davis, 1997
10
Beyond The Echoesoweto
Some of us look at Staffrider as a cultural organisation. It gave birth to a lot of organisations. Q. These organisations are reflected in the magazine itself, aren't they, since you publish works — poetry and stories — on the basis of group ...
Matsemela Manaka, Geoffrey V. Davis, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAFFRIDER»

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Ivan Vladislavic Chats About His Decision to Dedicate 101 …
Van Wyk worked as an editor at the literary magazine Staffrider, and wrote one of the most quoted anti-apartheid poems, “In Detention”, winning the Olive ... «Books LIVE, Apr 15»
2
And the Secret Literary Prize Worth $150000 Goes To…
These writings, along with his editorial work at Staffrider Magazine and Ravan Press, made Vladislavic a key figure of literary resistance to “the demented, ... «Flavorwire, Feb 15»
3
A Vivid Voice: Ivan Vladislavic Remembers Chris van Wyk
He had been editing Staffrider for a while and was keen to show me the back issues of the magazine. We went into the garden, where a dilapidated coach house ... «Books LIVE, Oct 14»
4
Pan Macmillan Remembers Chris van Wyk
... as the editor of the Ravan Press literary journal Staffrider and as a full-time writer all the while continuing to publish his works and speak to readers around the ... «Books LIVE, Oct 14»
5
IVAN VLADISLAVIC
He comments, “I started out at Ravan Press in 1984 as a social studies editor, and also worked as assistant editor on Staffrider magazine. After seven or eight ... «Leadership Magazine, Jul 14»
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Announcing the Twenty in 20 Project: Finding South Africa's Best …
Mtutuzeli Matshoba is a founder member of the Staffrider literary and arts journal, short story writer, film script writer and script editor. Matshoba is among South ... «Books LIVE, May 14»
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'DVOSTRUKI NEGATIV' Roman južnoafričkog pisca Ivana Vladislavića
Tijekom osamdesetih radio je kao urednik u izdavačkoj kući Ravan Press te u utjecajnom književnom časopisu Staffrider. Autor je nagrađivanih romana, kratkih ... «Jutarnji, Mar 14»
8
Mandela's Challenge for South Africa's Black Intellectuals
In the 1970s the Black Consciousness Movement published newsletters and newspapers such as The Voice and the popular literary journal Staffrider. «The Root, Dec 13»
9
Richard Rive biography: Where's the roistering braggart?
They were from periodicals such as Current Writing and Staffrider, which were all part of a long-standing and massive counterculture resistant to apartheid. «Mail & Guardian Online, Oct 13»
10
Goldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness
In 1991, you published some work in Staffrider on what you referred to as the West End of Jo'burg, the Diagonal Street/Newtown area. They were pictures that ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Sep 13»

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