The article looks at the role Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (the Circle) have played in the struggle to end or reduce the rate at which violence against women and girls occurs in …
In some respects, the essay by Al-Saji on the politics of veiling in France is not new. It concludes by invoking many of the key thinkers in post-colonial theory. The article is indeed part of a la…
Based on the interviews conducted and data collected in five African countries namely; Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zambia very few women organisation have engaged in lobbying for the F…
Following the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, economic growth has eluded many countries. Africa, on the other hand, is projected to host seven of the ten fastest growing economies in the p…
The importance of children for African people has been prioritised above many other reasons for marriage. Besides the fact that every childless marriage has only a slim chance of survival, women …
What is the impact of a matriarchal tradition and the tradition of an African queen mother-ship on the ability of African women to advance in political, educational, and economic spheres in their c…
The current global economic crisis is evidence that the neo-liberal economic policies that have been followed for almost three decades have not worked. The devastation that the crisis has already w…
The Africa Capacity Report 2014 is meant to serve as a guide to African governments, development partners, regional economic communities (RECs) and continental bodies, nonstate actors, …
Black femme bodies face multi-axial oppressive forces resting on their racialization, gendering, sexuality and possible other factors like socioeconomic status and ability. I interviewed 3 queer-id…
La traite négrière ou le commerce d’esclaves noirs est un phénomène historique très complexe, par sa durée (du VIIIe au XIXe siècle), par sa nature, par la diversité et les motivations …