Colours and Brushstrokes : Paths to the African Feminist Knowledge Circles

The African feminist knowledge circles are an evolving space where African feminists convene their identities, stories, tools, politics and approaches from their many journeys of challenging the pa…

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

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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…