Our Mission
To disrupt existing power structures that undermine feminist liberation, challenge structures of oppression and raise consciousness towards collective liberation through radical knowledge production, policy advocacy, decolonial feminist organising and the documentation of the cultural evolution of liberation in Africa.
Our Dream and Vision
The historical patterns of power in relation to knowledge, social order, thought and expression has constituted a hindrance to African thought, knowledge and radical organising. The rise of fundamentalist movements, shrinking of civic spaces and repression of the rights of women and gender-expansive persons especially in the global South and particularly in Africa calls us to rigorous intellectual and social resistance based on critical thinking.
Liberation Alliance Africa is a collective of African feminists on the continent and in diaspora working to disrupt the legacies of historical colonial inequalities and domination and its resulting harm using African feminist scholarship. We recognise that we cannot continue to live with the memories of others as ours and that our future will not be birthed in a vacuum. Therefore, we are called to explore newfrontiers, reimagine our individual and collective futures and sustain an alliance of conscious Africans raising our voices in resistance and celebration.
Our Soul Chants
People Over Process
We prioritise people over processes, recognising that productivity includes individual and collective happiness, joy and wellbeing. We create systems that value people while enabling meaningful and sustainable work.
Equality
We understand injustice and inequality as symptoms of exploitative power structures. We disrupt, resist and organise to democratise power, amplifying the voices of marginalised and minoritised communities.
Service
We see ourselves as co-labourers for feminist liberation in Africa. Therefore, we will always be ready to serve, assist and collaborate for our collective goal.
Love
For us, love is political. Loving is a profound act that moves us towards self-actualisation and our collective aspirations for justice and liberation, even amid shrinking civic space and opportunities for freedom.
Solidarity
Solidarity means mobilising our individual and collective power to build a world rooted in peace, equality, respect for the Earth, and the rights and wellbeing of all people, regardless of who they are or where they come from.
Meaningful Inclusions
We are not minorities; we have been minoritised. We are not under-represented; we have been historically excluded. Meaningful inclusion means relinquishing power and resources so minoritised communities can shape their own realities.
Credibility
Our foundation is built on trustworthiness, integrity and character. We invite our communities not only to place their faith in us, but to trust alongside us as we claim new liberatory feminist realities.
Learning
We commit to lifelong learning through our experiences, feminist movements, emerging knowledge and evolving practices, continually strengthening our collective work and organising efforts across Africa.
The Collective
Oluwatobiloba Ayodele
Co-dreamer | Nigeria
Oluwatobiloba dreams of liberatory futures and guides the collective through feminist communication, exploration, and strategic management.
Omolara Oriye
Co-dreamer | Nigeria
Omolara steers the collective’s anti-colonial feminist dreaming work through knowledge production, feminist leadership, and management.
Reem Abbas
Associate | Sudan
Reem supports LAA's online and offline programming while coordinating the Community of Practice on African Indigenous Knowledge...
Oyindamola Bolaji
Associate | Nigeria
Damola supports LAA’s visual and digital communications, creating compelling design systems that amplify feminist narratives across the continent.
Brenda Fuen Formin
Associate | Cameroon
Brenda is dedicated to crafting decolonial feminist programmes and learning spaces that stretch LAA’s political imagination.
Mubeezi Tenda
Associate | Uganda
Mubeezi creates politically grounded content that brings Liberation Alliance Africa’s work and vision into conversation with the world.
Ifeoluwa Oyewale
Intern | Nigeria
Ife contributes to advancing LAA’s vision through collaborative work that supports its programs and knowledge production.
ADVISORY BOARD
Crystal Simeoni
is a Pan African feminist activist working on macro level economic issues. She currently serves as the Director of Nawi—Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective (The Nawi Collective).
Olabukunola Williams
Buky is a feminist who is committed to dismantling patriarchal structures that reinforces and contributes to discrimination and violence against women and girls and vulnerable persons.