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.” …
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 …
“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 …
I recently read a poem that described hope as a feather that perches on the soul, sings a tune and never stops. Hope is a global phenomenon that enjoys many definitions and iterations, but what does it mean to lock into the radical, action-oriented, love-directed concept of revolutionary hope? To hope is to have agency, …
This article highlights the need for a shift in mindset in how society homogenizes women and centralizes the issues that affect them as if they are one and the same.
Feminism which is simply the belief in the equality of sexes and a movement for the advancement of women’s rights has been subject to different perceptions. How does a movement with a clear and equality-focused tenet become subject to different perceptions?
To be radically alive is to be hopeful — but to hope, one must acknowledge, interrogate and dream. Even though coloniality continues to shape Africa’s systems and structures, while the global north continues to thrive on the inferiorisation of how we learn and live, we are doubling down on revolutionary hope. In April of 2023, …
The GFCF #ShiftThePower global summit took place at the Agora Center in Bogota in December 2023. The global summit served as a platform for creating “good collisions” and establishing connections among individuals shaping people-centred practices. These practices are driven from the grassroots, and the summit also brought together those leading experiments and efforts to shift …
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Liberation Alliance Africa invites you to contribute to The Makings of Revolutionary Hope: A feminist, pan-African anthology on disrupting colonial Legacies in Africa.
In the face of massive pushback by anti-rights agents who are well funded and united in opposing the freedom of women and gender-diverse persons, it has never been more necessary to work in harmony and consolidate efforts amongst activists, CSOs, funding and development partners, researchers, leading experts, support institutions, strategic government and political allies, judicial officers, and academia.
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