Feminist Protests in Africa

In recent years and world over, citizens have been articulating their demands for greater social justice, access or protection of rights and democracy through protests. Our recent symposium published in the journal Politics & Gender provides often-excluded accounts of past and contemporary feminist protests in Africa. It has centred on the roles of African feminists and how they formulated their liberatory demands. In the context of increasing anti-gender backlash, these feminist struggles are often met with repression and even murders. Drawing on a range of experiences from different countries, the five essays on Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan and Cameroon demonstrate how Africa is an important site with feminists shaping knowledge-making and praxis in the longue durée through their struggles.

Welcome note: Dr Hazel Gray, Director of CAS

Co-Chairs:

• Professor Toni Haastrup (University of Stirling)
• Dr Alice J. Kang, (University of Nebraska Lincoln)

Key speakers:

• Dr Awino Okech (SOAS, University of London)
• Professor Shireen Hassim (Carleton University/Wits University)
• Dr Samia El Nagar (Independent researcher from Sudan )
• Dr Rama Salla Dieng (University of Edinburgh)
• Dr Rose Ndengue (University of York, Canada)

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