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"The revolution will not be NGO-ised": four lessons from African feminist organising

African feminist movements are diverse. But we can, and must, learn from decades of transformational organising on the continent.

By Valerie Bah and Felogene Anumo
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Participants at the Black Feminisms Forum in Brazil, 2016.

Participants at the Black Feminisms Forum in Brazil, 2016. Photo: None on Record.

As African feminists, we face multiple systems of oppression including the effects of colonisation, neocolonisation, white supremacy, militarism, the globalisation of capitalism and neoliberalism. Yet our movements are more vibrant and radically political than ever before.

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