Are you a woman early career researcher from a West African country who has completed a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences within the last five years? Then this call is for you! The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, in partnership with the University of East Anglia in the…
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“Africa will inevitably rise like those many heads of the hydra, but first it needs a decolonial break from the tether that ties its economies to the global capitalist market”—An interview with Sylvia Tamale
African feminists have offered a sustained critique of colonialism, coloniality, and retrogressive thought for many years. Yet, in certain parts of the globe, African feminist thinkers are oftentimes forgotten in feminist curricula and reference lists that focus on decolonial and socially just futures. Prof. Sylvia Tamale’s recent book, Decolonization and Afro-Feminism (Daraja Press, 2020), is a sharp…
Call for Proposals – Violence, gender and power: feminist struggles around violence against women
Call for Proposals to Join a Research and Publishing Consortium Deadline Extended for Submissions: 31st July, 2022 African feminists have been engaged in struggles around violence against women for decades. As one of the most longstanding themes of feminist concern, the subject has been a focus of theory as well as activism across the continent. Awa…