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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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Glamourized Militarism and Africa’s Elusive Liberation

On a recent flight to Dakar, a cabin crew member of an African airline enthusiastically greeted a Burkinabe passport holder ahead of me – “Welcome and greetings to Captain Traoré! We love him”.  The passenger smiled and quietly took their seat without the mutual fanfare. This excitement for a younger leader is understandable in a …

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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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Alchemical Transmutations: Join the Sawaba Fellowship for Decolonial Feminist Transformation 

Life-giving organising in this catastrophic era requires us to chart new world political and social maps – Mariame Kaba. Liberation Alliance Africa Collective introduces the Sawaba Fellowship — a space for thinkers, artists, practitioners, activists, and community organisers to come together and engage in deep reflection, discourse, and knowledge production on key issues in pursuing …

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Theory as a Liberatory Practice: How Do We Humanise Theory?

I learnt about Theory when I read Bell Hooks’ essay on Theory as a Liberatory Practice. In the essay, bell hooks summoned Black and African feminist scholars and activists to cultivate the art of theorising. She described Theory as a healing practice. I was intrigued to know that the process of thinking, dreaming and conceptualising …

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