by Nancy Kachingwe
Introduction
Post-colonial African feminisms have largely neglected the histories of capitalism, neo-imperialism and neo-colonialism. The concept of African Feminism was popularised by the publication of the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists in 2006. The Charter explicitly frames African feminist struggles against gender oppression as intertwined with resistance to racism, slavery, imperialism, colonialism and neocolonialism. Its first section, “Our understanding of feminism and patriarchy,” declares that “Patriarchy varies in time and space, and varies according to class, race, ethnic, religious and global imperial relationships and structures.” (AFF 2007, 4). It further states that “patriarchy… is inter-related with and informs relationships of class, race, ethnic, religious, and global-imperialism” (AFF 2007, 4).
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