insinuates that Africans learnt homosexuality from Europeans (and/or Arabs), I do not go to my happy place where only thoughts of first love and first kisses rule. Rather I think about waking up in the dead of the night to a ghostly white female figure hovering over my bed. The white woman that all African lesbians, bisexual women and women
Queer African Reader
May 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Tweet Queer African Reader Edited by Sokari Ekine and Hakima Abbas A visionary work melding academia and art that breaks the mould for Queer African studies Unique in presenting the voices of LGBTI Africans Groundbreaking in both scope and content, it encompasses voices from across the African content As [...]
African Sexualities
May 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tweet African Sexualities’ is a groundbreaking new volume, forthcoming from Pambazuka Press. As well as using popular culture to help address the ‘what, why, how, when and where’ questions, the book’s contributors provide a critical mapping of African sexualities that informs readers about the plurality and complexities of sexualities on the continent – desires, practices, [...]
Two interviews: African sexualities & gay imperialism – Queer activism in Germany & Europe
July 22, 2010 By 8 Comments
Tweet Below are two interviews me speaking on [African Perspectives] and Jin Haritaworn – on the [Women's Magazine]. Mine focuses on Africa whilst Jin’s centers on Europe, specifically Germany. What is interesting to me is that listening to both interviews shows the many connections between the two continents – in Europe / Germany racism within [...]
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