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…
I grew up in south-west Uganda in a village called Kibona. I am a middle child so fighting to be heard and not ignored comes naturally to me. I have one sister…
My maternal grandmother climbed trees and refused to marry my grandfather. My grandmother’s daughter knew too much. She was the kind of woman most men aren’t comfortable with. These African women were…