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 Volume 4, Issue 2 (2023) Public-Private Partnerships and Development in Africa: Feminist Contestations

Feminism has long been incorporating economic issues into its agenda. This is evident from the pioneering work of those who analysed the gender dimension in development debates1, to the pioneering voices from the Global South that pointed out the risks of the marketisation of governance (Taylor 2000), to the current ...
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Content

Editorial: Public-Private Partnerships and Development in Africa: Feminist Contestations
− by Corina Rodriguez Enriquez, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey and Sue Godt

Features

Public-Private  Partnership: A  Landmark  of  Mainstream  Development Discourse and Why Feminists Should Worry
− by Corina Rodriguez Enriquez

Overview of Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Risks and Narratives
− by Sue Godt

Public-Private Partnerships, Gender Equality, andWomen’s Rights in Sierra Leone: A Focus on Addax Bioenergy
− by Hussainatu J. Abdullah

A Gendered Approach to Public-Private Partnerships in University Student Housing Provision – The Case of South Africa
− by Hlengiwe Ndhlovu and Nedson Pophiwa

Accounting for Class and Feminist Political Economy: Questions Emanating from Ghana’s Market PPPs
− by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey and Sylvia Ohene Marfo

Standpoint

The Public-Private Partnership Dilemma in Uganda
− by Penelope Sanyu

In Conversation

Public-Private Partnerships in the Health Sector Cannot Guarantee Equity in Access to Health: The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights Takes on the Ugandan Government. Corina Rodriguez Enriquez and Sue Godt speak with Allana Kembabazi of ISER.

Profile

The Nawi Afrifem Collective: Bringing a Pan-African Feminist Voice to Macro-Level Economic Narratives in Africa
− by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey

Reviews

African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora by Msia Kibona Clark andWunpini Fatimata Mohammed,   eds.
− by Amanda Odoi

Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa by Desiree Lewis and Gabeba Baderoon, eds.
− by Mardiya SibaYahaya

Tributes

Tribute to Professor Ama Ata Aidoo
− by Takyiwaa Manuh

Ama Ata Aidoo:The Pioneering Writer from Ghana left Behind a String of Feminist Classics
− by Rose A. Sackeyfio