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The future of sex in Africa

Published on: 4 August 2017

Written by: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah All articles by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

Stigma and growing religious fundamentalism are preventing women from fully accessing a range of reproductive health...

Participants at the Black Feminisms Forum in Brazil, 2016.

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

Published on: 31 July 2017

Written by: Felogene Anumo All articles by Felogene Anumo

Written by: Valerie Bah All articles by Valerie Bah

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

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"What can a woman do?" Gender norms in a Nigerian university

Published on: 22 September 2014

Written by: Abiola Odejide All articles by Abiola Odejide

Are universities necessarily transformative spaces for women students? Research at the University of Ibadan,...

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The power of stories: raising the profile of African women’s cultural production

Published on: 25 August 2014

Written by: Sandra Mbanefo Obiago All articles by Sandra Mbanefo Obiago

Written by: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah All articles by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

"I’m concerned about the fact that we download a lot about ourselves yet upload very little into mainstream media,...

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Litigating for equality in South Africa: Muslim marriages

Published on: 18 August 2014

Written by: Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker All articles by Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker

While South Africa’s legal provisions around equality are some of the best in the world, do they adequately protect...

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Speaking the ‘unspeakable’ through film in Zimbabwe

Published on: 6 July 2014

Written by: Tsitsi Dangarembga All articles by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Written by: Beti Ellerson All articles by Beti Ellerson

From socially conscious film-making to challenging the invisibility of women in the industry, pioneering Zimbabwean...

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African feminist engagements with film

Published on: 27 May 2014

Written by: Salem Mekuria All articles by Salem Mekuria

Written by: Amina Mama All articles by Amina Mama

Written by: Yaba Badoe All articles by Yaba Badoe

African feminist filmmakers and theorists reflect on the shifting roles of women working at all levels of the film...

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Is the success of M-Pesa ‘empowering’ Kenyan rural women?

Published on: 31 March 2014

Written by: Oumy Khairy Ndiaye All articles by Oumy Khairy Ndiaye

The popular mobile money transfer service, M-Pesa, appears to improve the everyday lives of rural women in Kenya....

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African cyberfeminism in the 21st century

Published on: 3 March 2014

Written by: Jennifer Radloff All articles by Jennifer Radloff

How are African feminist activists navigating the potential and the power dynamics of communication in the digital...

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Feminist Africa: putting Africa’s feminist thinking on the intellectual map

Published on: 3 March 2014

Written by: Jessica Horn All articles by Jessica Horn

Written by: Simidele Dosekun All articles by Simidele Dosekun

This month oD 50.50's platform Our Africa launches a special collaboration with Africa’s leading gender studies...

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