by Ennie Chipembere Dear EJ It’s been some time since you left us, and your absence is deeply felt. Finding the words to express this grief has not been easy, but I hope this first public letter honours your legacy without dwelling in sorrow. What endures is your profound impact, your influence, your memories, and…
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Tribute to Professor Benedicta “Bene” Madunagu (1947-2024)
by Iheoma Obibi and Solumfeechi Odinkalu Professor Benedicta “Bene” Madunagu shaped African feminist organising for more than five decades. Her work brought together scholarship, political education, socialist analysis and practical movement building. She lived her feminism as a daily discipline, not an identity. She approached ideas as tools for change and saw organising as the…
African Feminist Praxis: Cartographies of Liberatory Worldmaking. by Jessica Horn
by Lamyaâ Achary Situating the Book African Feminist Praxis intervenes in African feminist knowledge production, not through a single, linear argument, but by means of an assemblage of feminist praxis, memory, and world-making. The book examines how African feminisms are lived, transmitted, remembered, and sustained across time and generations, particularly in contexts shaped by colonial…
Time for Divorce
by Coumba Toure I am AfricaA woman in a forced marriageDemanding divorceFed up with being raped, exploitedI am standing angryThrough the vibrancy of my youthStone in handHunger in the bellyFire at the mouthMy heart defying death on land and in the seasAnd, in my dreams, the unreasonable desire to be the best and to be…
on spiders and ghosts
by vangile gantsho there is a spider on my hand red tiny spider many tiny spiders on my hand on my arm all over my body i enter the water to wash them away without frightening them they do not leave my skin the stories of great men are found in books and painted on…
A Toast to My Women
by Wana Udobang Here is a toast to the womenWho sat us around the moonAnd gave us the secrets to the galaxyWho chanted poems to squeeze rain out of the clouds Invented coding from divinationDistorted the lines between juju and technology Cooked black magic in cauldronsand spawned brown girls who could flyCreated calligraphy with cassava…
Reflections on the African Feminist Ancestors Project: A Collaboration between the African Feminist Forum and Black Women Radicals
by Jaimee A. Swift The Origins of the Collaboration In June 2020, I received an email from Jessica Horn – a prominent Pan-African feminist activist, author, and founding member of the African Feminist Forum (AFF), who was then the Director of Programmes at the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). She wanted to connect and collaborate…
Somewhere We Can Talk: A Profile of the Young Feminist Collective
by Maame Akua Kyerewaa-Marfo and Maame Adwoa Amoa-Marfo Introduction: Who We Are Conversations hold transformative power. Indeed, African theorists have always made a strong case for recognising conversation as part of a legitimate indigenous knowledge system and theorising reflective conversations (Nekura 2025; Osei-Tutu 2021). The Accra-based Young Feminist Collective (YFC) emerged from a common need…
The Uganda Feminist Forum: Single Sticks that Formed an Unbreakable Bundle
by Sarah Mukasa Background The genesis of the Uganda Feminist Forum (UFF) – first convened in January 2008 – can be traced back to 2005 when several national and global factors impacted the women’s movement in the country. These factors both shaped the main trajectory of the movement and brought to a head underlying philosophical…
From the Feminist Charter to Beyoncé and Radical Optimism: Reflections of Younger African Feminists
Jackline Kemigisa moderates an online conversation between young(er) African feminists Jackline Kemigisa (JK): Let’s begin with brief self-introductions; as you introduce yourselves, please tell us what it is that you do to pay your bills, what brings you joy and where you belong in the various variations of feminisms. I am a Ugandan feminist who…