Lilian Lem Atanga is an Associate Professor of Gender and Discourse Studies, formerly of the Department of African Studies of the University of Dschang, the University of Bamenda, and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Florida, USA. She is currently a senior research fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, and…
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Hanan Sabea
Hanan Sabea is an Associate Professor and Sociology-Anthropology Graduate Program Advisor Editor-in-Chief of Cairo Papers in Social Science at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Here interests in anthropology started in Egypt, where she got her BA and MA at The American University in Cairo (AUC) working on issues related to development, resettlement of populations,…
Sandra Manuel
Assistant Professor – Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Researcher – Kaleidoscopio – Research in Public Policy and Culture; Mozambique Sandra Manuel is an anthropologist. Her career comprises a combination of academic research and lecturing as well as research towards public policy. She is an experienced researcher with a specific focus on sexuality, gender and health themes. She belongs…
Senya Afi Ghamli
Senya Afi Ghamli is the Communications Officer at Feminist Africa. She is a skilled communications specialist with several years of experience designing and executing marketing campaigns aimed at building strong and successful brands using structured and consistent brand messaging strategies. Her research interests include exploring the complexities of health disparities, intercultural interactions, and the challenges…
Abena Takyiwa Yeboah
Abena Takyiwa Yeboah is the Assistant Programme Officer on the Feminist Africa Project at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
Feministafrica.net is now LIVE!
FEMINISTAFRICA.NETFeminist Africa is pleased to announce the launch of our new website and archive! We are now located at the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies, home to the continental pan-African intellectual tradition since 1961. With re-collectivized pan-continental leadership and renewed editorial governance structures in place, we have embarked on a bold new transgenerational…
African Feminist Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery Statement
Dear Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Mr. Tidjane Thiam, Mr. Trevor Manuel and Mr. Benkhalfa Abderrahmane, We write this letter to you in your capacities as the Special Envoys that the African Union has mandated to mobilise international support to address the coronavirus pandemic in Africa. We are a constellation of African feminists who…
Call for Manuscripts: SWS Global Concerns Autoethnography Project
Dear SWS Colleagues, Global Partners and Associates: SWS and its Global Partners and Associates are requesting submissions for a co-edited autoethnography publication examining global portrayals of our lives as academics and practitioners in our particular social contexts during this traumatic period of the COVID-19 pandemic. In seeking autoethnographies, we are looking for pieces that are…
Announcement: SWS Global Pandemic Reading Resources/Syllabus
Dear Colleagues and Friends: SWS and its Global Partners and Associates are requesting submissions for a syllabus and reading resources list that explore the impact and implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic from a global, intersectional, and feminist perspective. Submissions can include both academic and non-academic resources and targeted for (1) graduate (2) undergraduate and (3)…
FA Translation Project
Pursuing Pan-African Multilingualism: The Feminist Africa Translation Project. Charmaine Pereira initiated Feminist Africa’s exploration of what it takes to bridge the colonial linguistic legacies that continue to significantly limit the potential of pan-African intellectual development and feminist networking through the open communication and exchanges of ideas. Translation enables the spread of feminist knowledge via the…