Author name: Mubeezi Tenda

A Kaleidoscope of Hope | A Three-Year Strategic Plan for Liberation Alliance Africa

Inherited from our ancestors, revolutionary hope is one of our most treasured tools for liberation, shaping our world making, our agitation, and our collective stands. Today, 6 February 2026, Liberation Alliance Africa launches our new strategic plan, A Kaleidoscope of Hope Over the next three years, we deepen our commitment to bold African feminist world …

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Call for Applications: Managing Editor for the Sawaba Journal

The Sawaba Institute of Critical Consciousness Raising, a project of Liberation Alliance Africa (LAA Collective), is looking for a Managing Editor for the Sawaba Journal a multidisciplinary platform for African feminist thought, decolonial praxis, and world-building across the continent and the diaspora. The Sawaba Journal provides a space for scholars, activists, cultural practitioners, and communities …

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Call for Applications Strategic Advisor  | Sawaba Institute for Critical Consciousness Raising 

Liberation Alliance Africa (LAA Collective) is inviting applications for the role of Strategic Advisor under the Sawaba Institute for Critical Consciousness Raising project. This consultancy is central to shaping the institute’s vision by developing its core curriculum and faculty. The Strategic Advisor will play a key role in curating a transformative learning experience grounded in …

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Are We On The Cusp Of A Beautiful Rapture? A Compendium on on Building Community Power in Philanthropy in West Africa

On Friday, July 11th, Liberation Alliance Africa will launch three new briefs as part of a compendium on building community power in philanthropy in West Africa. These briefs examine how giving has been shaped by patriarchy, capitalism, and colonialism and how we could build community power that centres dignity, shared responsibility, and joy.This is an …

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6 Ancestral Calls To Action For Africa’s Liberation

Africa Liberation Day is a moment not just of remembrance, but of reckoning. While flags were raised and colonial powers retreated, the work of liberation is far from complete. Our ancestors did not fight for symbolism, they fought for dignity, land, self-determination, justice, and the right to thrive. Their visions remain with us, not as …

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The “African Values” Agenda of the West is a Tool for Continued Colonialism. We are Not Fooled

A lineup of white men swooping into the African continent to lecture us on African values — if this isn’t imperialism striding boldly among us, then pray, what is it? Currently underway in Wangari Maathai’s beloved homeland — the birthplace of Muthoni Kirima and Dedan Kimathi — is the so-called “Pan-African Conference on Family Values.” …

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Alchemical Transmutations: A Theme of Transformation and Liberation

At the heart of this year’s fellowship, the Sawaba Institute of Critical Consciousness invites its fellows to journey under the evocative theme of Alchemical Transmutations. In this shared space of thought and action, fellows will nurture deep knowledge and ignite anticolonial indignation, challenging the stubborn endurance of coloniality across the realms of power, knowledge, and …

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A Modern Take on the Relevance of Gender Quotas for Substantive Women’s Representation in African Politics

Zainab Monisola Olaitan When we think of gender quotas, we are instinctively forced to think about how they help to increase the number of marginalised groups in certain spaces or, for a more gloomy look, how they are used to select unqualified people into certain spaces. These myopic and misguided thoughts are part of why …

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Welcome to The Library of Perspectives

“Our stories flow beyond borders, even when politics tries to keep us apart.” With these words, Rosebell Kagumire reminded us of the power of storytelling as a tool for resistance, communion, and liberation. Stories transcend artificial boundaries, challenge dominant narratives, and reclaim the knowledge systems that colonial histories have sought to erase. It is in …

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