By Fatou Sow Aminata Diaw was our friend. She was my colleague, my sister, my friend. We became colleagues upon her arrival in 1986 at the University of Dakar. Young and brilliant, with a string of qualifications under her belt, she became one of the first Senegalese women to teach philosophy there. It was still…
Category: Tributes
Elaine Rosa Salo (1962-2016) – An Appreciation
By Terri Barnes Everyone and anyone connected to Feminist Africa knew Elaine, so although I am typing this alone at my computer, I also feel that I am writing a collective statement about our friend and comrade. Elaine was not a friend to everyone. She did not suffer racists, fools or hypocrites lightly. Read the…
Raising the Veil — A Tribute to Bi Kidude (circa 1910-2013)
By Vicensia Shule We met Bi Kidude in 2003 in Zanzibar, when we were at the planning meeting for the African Feminist Congress. She liked to smoke and drink in public. She liked to sing in public. She also liked to straddle her drum and gyrate her hips as she beat that drum. She said…