Gender in Africa

This book examines the underexplored notion of epistemic marginalisation of women by philosophy in the African intellectual place...

Disabled women represent one of the most marginalised minority groups in the world, but are largely silent while their sexuality is ignored, suppressed, forbidden and buried underneath the carpet. By facilitating the voice of disabled women in Zimbabwe, this book shifts the experience of sexuality o..

Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora addresses the question of to what extent the history of gender in Africa is appropriately inscribed in narratives of power, patriarchy, migration, identity and women and men’s subjection, emasculation and empowerment. The book weaves together co..

By drawing on focus group discussions with African teenage men and women, the book addresses teenage young Africans as active agents, demonstrating their investments in love, whilst drawing attention to the social and cultural constitution of teenage sexualities and the complex operation of power...

First published in 1998, this volume collates essays from the perspectives of African women, this volume presents us with equality and access rights faced by African women...