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The purpose of this study was to explore how a group of Black mothers and daughters construct their ideas and experiences of rest while navigating life within the South African context, as well as how these are negotiated from one generation to another. Drawing on a qualitative research design, four mother-daughter dyads participated in a series of eight individual interviews and four joint interviews. Black Feminist-Womanist Thought was the theoretical framework applied, and the thematic analysis by constant comparison analysis approach yielded four overarching themes: Participants' definitions of rest, how rest cannot be separated from the material and psychosocial realities of a post-apartheid South Africa, adultification of Black girls as a hidden feature of the strong Black woman schema which impacts articulations of rest, and intergenerational conversations as a site of affirmation, negotiation and education. 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