By Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata This issue of Feminist Africa marks the successful transition of the journal from its birthplace, the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, across the continent to the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Accra. After a three-year gap, Feminist Africa has…
Author: Charmaine Pereira
Feminist Africa, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2021): Extractivism, Resistance, Alternatives
By Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata This issue of Feminist Africa marks the successful transition of the journal from its birthplace, the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, across the continent to the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Accra. After a three-year gap, Feminist Africa has…
Contextualising Extractivism in Africa
By Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata AbstractThis article contextualises the phenomenon of extractivism in Africa, exploring the extent to which the different meanings of extractivism in the literature contribute to an understanding of its gendered character. We argue that extractivism is embedded in the changing dynamics of contemporary capitalism and configured differently in diverse social…
Feminist Solidarity in Resistance to Extractivism and the Construction of Alternatives – Charmaine Pereira speaks with Marianna Fernandes and Nzira de Deus
Charmaine Pereira spoke to two of the feminists organising a path-breaking transnational project of feminist mobilisation and solidarity building across three former Portuguese colonies—Mozambique, Angola and Brazil. The discussion focused on what was involved in bringing together women from these three countries for a week-long workshop in Maputo to share experiences and strengthen feminist solidarity…
“Walking into Slavery with Our Eyes Open” – the Space for Resisting Genetically Modified Crops in Nigeria
By Charmaine Pereira AbstractThis study focuses on genetic modification of cowpea, a food crop grown predominantly by poor men and women in Nigeria and an important source of protein for the poor. The official justification for genetic modification is that itpromotes resistance to the Maruca insect, which is said to be capable of destroying up…
Charmaine Pereira
Charmaine Pereira is a feminist scholar-activist living and working in Abuja, Nigeria. She edited FA special issue 22 on the theme of ‘Feminists Organising – Strategy, Voice, Power’. Her research and writing addresses themes such as feminist thought and practice, the gender and sexual politics of violence, women organising and the state. She is the…
Contributors
Kehinde Awofeso is a former banker, an artist and a computer engineer. She obtained degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology from the University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University, respectively. She has worked on a number of cover designs and has illustrated children’s books. She is an information technology consultant who enjoys painting. She…
Women Organising in Senegal: Charmaine Pereira speaks with Codou Bop
Codou Bop is a longstanding feminist in Senegal, co-founder and coordinator of the organisation GREFELS (Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes et les Lois au Senegal) or Research Group for Women and Laws in Senegal. The conversation below took place between Dakar and Abuja, via Skype, in January 2017. Codou’s strategic positioning at the nexus…
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism, by Karima Bennoune. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015
By Charmaine Pereira In a world marked by the proliferation of violent jihadi groups, what can be done to turn the tide against Muslim fundamentalism? This question lies at the heart of Karima Bennoune’s Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. Bennoune’s award-winning book focuses on the struggles…
Feminist Africa Issue 5. 2005: Sexual Cultures
Welcome to Feminist Africa’s thematic focus on sexualities. This issue provides us with the opportunity to continue some of the debates initiated by Patricia MacFadden, Charmaine Pereira and Sylvia Tamale in an earlier issue (see Feminist Africa 2). In keeping with Feminist Africa’s intellectual development agenda, the present issue also provides a platform for new…