In May 2013, the African Union (AU) officially celebrated its 50th anniversary, adopting ‘Pan-Africanism and Renaissance’ as their theme. Marked with a lavish gala, the summit brought dignitaries from all over the world, the occasion saw Africa’s Heads of State congratulating themselves on rising Gross Domestic Products (GDPs), visibly excited at the prospects of increased foreign investment. Their enthusiasm contrasts starkly with more sobering realities that belie pan-Africanist visions. Instead of the liberation pursued by generations of Africans, the continent has entered the 21st century with increasing inequalities and social abjection facing the majority of Africa’s peoples, crudely indexed by poor performances on the Millennium Development Goals (2005-2015).
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Editorial
Pan-Africanism and Feminism
– by Hakima Abbas and Amina Mama
Features
African feminism in the 21st Century: A reflection on Uganda's victories, battles and reversals
– by Josephine Ahikire
Promise and Betrayal: Women fighters and national liberation in Guinea Bissau
– by Aliou Ly
Reflections on the Sudanese women's movement
– by Amira Osman
The first Mrs Garvey and others: Pan-Africanism and feminism in the early 20th Century British colonial Caribbean
– by Rhoda Reddock
Pan-Africanism, transnational black feminism and the limits of culturalist analyses in African gender discourses
– by Carole Boyce Davies
Standpoints
Being Pan-African: A continental research agenda
– by Dzodzi Tsikata
Unnatural and Un-African: Contesting queer-phobia by Africa's political leadership
– by Kenne Mwikya
Reviews
Sojourning for freedom: Black Women, American Communism and the Making of Black Left Feminism
– by Maxine Craig
Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure
– by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Queer African Reader
– by Danai S. Mupotsa
Daughters of the Niger Delta
– by Simedele Dosekun