Fanon & the representations of black beauty in popular culture

December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Frantz Fanon’s works are all very personal. Black Skins, White Masks, a treatise on the lived experience of being black is based on his experiences in Martinican society, being a student and then a black doctor in France. A Dying Colonialism is the Algerian War

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Myths of African women on the rise?

October 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Does having a female president benefit ordinary women?  As part of the BBC’s Africa Debate programme, Malawian feminist and women’s rights campaigner, Jessie Kabwila, discusses the significance of  the “rise of African women” in leadership positions and whether this has any real impact on the lives of African women.   The debate reminded me of [...]

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