Body Politics and Citizenship

Our contributors focus on the gendered meanings of the everyday lived spaces – of homes and neighbourhoods in townships and peri-urban peripheries of Cape Town and Lusaka. The individual author…

Intellectual Politics and Radical Feminist Praxis

Writing a piece on the politics of becoming intellectual - something that so many African women are terrified of - made me realise what a rare opportunity I had been presented with to say some of t…

Feminist Praxis, Citizenship and Informal Politics: Reflections on South Afri…

This article focuses on the Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC) in Cape Town, South Africa, which is part of the larger anti-privatization movement, mobilized by disadvantaged township residents to asse…

Feminist Africa Issue 13. 2009: Body Politics and Citizenship

ISBN/ISSN

1726-4596

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Desiree Lewis talks to Molara Ogundipe, leading feminist theorist, poet, lite…

Conversation: Desiree Lewis talks to Molara Ogundipe, leading feminist theorist, poet, literary critic, educator and activist, about the interface of politics, culture and education.

Regarding Muslims: From Slavery to Postapartheid. By Gabeba Baderoon. Johanne…

From Slavery to Postapartheid is a pioneering study that examines historical and contemporary representations of Islam and Muslims in South Africa. With intellectual sophistication and creativity…

Feminist Africa Issue 12. 2009: Land, Labour and Gendered Livelihoods

This issue seeks to explore the inter-connectors among economic liberation policies, land and resource tenures, and labor relations in the structuring of gendered livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Gender Politics and Gender Backlash in Zimbabwe

In sub-Saharan Africa, the history of women’s involvement in liberation struggles and the realignment of gender relations following independence have long been characterized as a kind of gender…

When I dare to be powerful": On the Road to a Sexual Rights Movement in East …

This publication breaks the silence regarding women's sexuality. Governments, women's rights activists and other social movements, often fail to understand the connection between sex work, forced e…

Steampunk Practices: Time, Tactility, and a Racial Politics of Touch

Steampunk has been defined in a multitude of ways. As a humorous riff on cyberpunk, steampunk was a tongue-in-cheek proposition in 1987 by the science fiction author K. W. Jeter as a name for his o…