Welcome to Feminist Africa

Feminist Africa is a continental gender studies journal produced by the community of feminist scholars. It provides a platform for intellectual and activist research, dialogue and strategy. Feminist Africa attends to the complex and diverse dynamics of creativity and resistance that have emerged in postcolonial Africa, and the manner in which these are shaped by the shifting global geopolitical configurations of power.

Current Issue

Feminist Africa 2025, Volume 6, Issue 1 “Violence, Gender, Power 1”

Introduction The theorisation of exploitative and dangerous systems such as patriarchy or colonialism has long been energised by the complex and evolving connections among gender, violence, and power. Research and activism that acknowledge such connections point to ways in which these systems often create normalised conditions of vulnerability, especially for ...

Editorial

Violence, Gender, Power – The Politics of Feminist Research Methodologies
− by Charmaine Pereira and Jane Bennett

Features

Studying Political Violence with Ugandan Women: A Feminist Methodological Exploration
− by Stella Nyanzi and Annah Ashaba

Building Feminist Knowledges through Everyday Conversations: Using ‘Reflective Conversations’ as Research Methodology
− by Ruth Nekura

Transition Like an Egyptian: Investigating Transgender Experiences with Violence in Egypt
− by Nora Noralla

Messages of Gender-Based Violence: Reflections on the Politics of the Methodology of Conversations
− by Enzo Lenine and Naentrem Sanca

Standpoints

Violence Against Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
− by Blessing Hodzi and Yvonne Phiri

Researching Christian-related Violence Against Women/Intimate Partner Violence (VAW/IPV) in Ghana: Insider/Outsider Positionalities
− by Eugenia A. B. Anderson

In Conversation

We Are Not Just Data Sources!” The Pursuit of Epistemic Justice
− Mpumelelo Zamokuhle Zulu speaks with Katleho Mahlobo, Jessie Jabulisile Mdlalose and Katlego Chibamba

Reviews

A Feminist Theory of Violence by Françoise Vergès. London: Pluto Press, 2022.
− Charmaine Pereira

Research As More than Extraction: Knowledge Production and Gender-Based Violence in African Societies edited by Annie Bunting, Allen Kiconco, and Joel Quirk. Ohio University Press, 2023
− Margo Okazawa-Rey

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue. New York: Random House, 2021.
− by Jane Bennett

Tribute

Remembering Everjoice Jeketa Win (EJ)
− by Dzodzi Tsikata