We are African feminist scholars and feminist scholars of Africa, working in institutions both on and off the continent. All of us have direct or second-hand experience of, or are familiar with…
On a particularly average morning, I hop into my Uber and the driver greets me in Xhosa. As we continue down the road, I wonder how this interaction is going to play…
Following the escalation of femicide cases in some African Countries particularly Kenya and South Africa, there has been a wave of solidarity in women naming and shaming their abusers on social platforms…
Dear 21st Century African Girl (and boy), I don’t know what your story is or where it starts, but one thing is for certain, you will bleed. I pray you bleed not…
On Sunday, June 30, Nigerian women marched to the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), to protest the alleged rape of Busola Dakolo by the general overseer of the church. Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.…
Recently, I saw a tweet from a person who wondered if being rude comes with being a feminist. And if the panel on the conversation on, “End of Politeness: African Feminist Movements…
On one rainy night in early August in Khartoum, while I was driving back home, a car stopped right next to mine. In the passenger’s seat, there was a young woman in…
As the rest of the world is more than half way through its year, we are starting off a new one in Ethiopia. Walking into 2012, while we all have plans and…
In February this year, the government of Uganda guaranteed a loan of $379 million to Finasi, a private Italian company with dubious business dealings to construct a specialised hospital in Uganda. The…
As a feminist and international development practitioner and advocate, I am privileged to hold leadership and access to decision making spaces in various capacities. This provides me with opportunities to work towards…