By Sylvia Tamale The human body is itself a politically inscribed entity, its physiology and morphology shaped by histories and practices of containment and control. Susan Bordo (1993: 21) I view law(s) as an authorized discourse — as a language constituted by a series of symbols that is located in not merely the realm of the…
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Reflections on Feminist Organising in Angola
By Aurea Mouzinho and Sizaltina Cutaia Context In the contemporary postcolonial history of Africa, Angola is known as the site of one of the most treacherous conflicts that has ravaged the continent. After independence from Portugal in 1975, the 27-year civil war among the three leading liberation movements — the Popular Movement for the Liberation…