I am writing for and to the womyn who are doing the work of educating; online, in classrooms, in their small groups, in big and small ways. This is for you…
AfricanFeminism (AF) would like to share details of the #BeMyYellowValentine upcoming event created and sustained by the Yellow Movement team at Addis Ababa University (AAU). Share the love and support struggling female…
A Ugandan tabloid recently did a story ” exposing†a Ugandan journalist and his ” male palsâ€. Although the article did not outrightly accuse him of being gay, it made very blatant…
I find that pregnancy, delivery and recovery are nothing short of bewildering and overwhelming no matter how well prepared you think you are or the opportunities that are available to you. It…
I was seating in my Saturday morning class on ‘Children and the Law’ when our lecturer asked us the relationship between our patriarchal society and the naming system of children. We were…
Photo by KAS Uganda By Rosebell Kagumire & Rebecca Rwakabukoza It’s not news that Uganda has a female-dominated population. In fact, the latest population census of 2014, puts the population of women…
She saw him last night Taunting his other in road rage Swerved his anger to the right Blocking the passage to a new page As ” other†jumped out his unconscious skin…
For over three weeks now, I have been racking my brain, unsure of what to write about, desperately hoping for a clear sign from the heavens on which direction this article should…
It started off slowly. In 2011, the United Nations endorsed that October 11 would be marked the International Day of the Girl Child. This October I saw, for the first time, my…
AF is once again thrilled that we’re growing and stretching our arms to West and Southern Africa. We welcome aboard three new feminist writers from The Gambia, South Africa and Kenya/Botswana. Their…