The Sawaba Fellowship
The Sawaba fellowship is a space created for the pursuit of decolonial feminist futures. The fellowship hosts thinkers, artists, practitioners, activists, and community organisers to engage in reflection and experience-based discourse, research, and knowledge production.
The fellowship embodies African revolutionary scholarly components and personal and collective explorations on liberation, critical consciousness, and anti-colonial feminist solidarity. Four fellows of African descent who reside on the continent are selected every year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply through the annual call for applications, announced on our social media platforms.
People of African descent living and working in Africa.
- Researchers, artists, activists, writers, journalists, practitioners, and community organisers
- Individuals rooted in or working with African and diaspora communities
- People committed to feminist, anti-colonial, and justice-centred work
- A short statement of interest outlining your work, questions, and motivations
- A proposal or idea you would like to explore during the fellowship
- Examples of past work (writing, art, organising, research, or other forms of practice)
- Open call announced publicly
- Application submission through an online form
- Review by a selection collective
- Shortlisted applicants may be invited for a conversation
- Final fellows are selected and onboarded into the programme