A commanding presence on the global literary stage, Ama Ata Aidoo was a powerful feminist voice with a prolific output.
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Women who shaped modern Ghana have been erased from history. A children’s book aims to restore them to their rightful place.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
She paved the way for women to play the mbira – and then took the ancient tradition global.
A powerful new book restores the writer and feminist politician to her rightful place in history.
The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching.
The pioneering role she played, and the sacrifices she made, extended well beyond the famous 1956 Women’s March.
The books aim to write women back into history for children to see that women are able to take up powerful positions in society.
In the 19th century, Baartman was dehumanized and mocked for her large posterior. So what does it mean when Black women today strive for ‘Sarah Baartman hips’?
The winners of the prestigious architecture commission are from Johannesburg’s Counterspace studio and offer a fresh view on creating buildings.
Undocumented for decades, black South African feminists are increasingly visible. The essays in Surfacing present 22 leading thinkers.
It wasn’t just the film Rafiki - a joyful lesbian love story - but also the experience of going to watch it after it was unbanned that created a new kind of freedom.
Sexist slandering has been used not just to describe Grace Mugabe, but to denigrate any women who aspire to political positions.
Women face a number of socio-economic challenges that make it harder for them to access higher education.
The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
With technology women are able to become agents of their own change.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But she does not deserve this title.
For most women, participating in the labour force is dependent on whether they have adequate child care they can rely on.
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Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Literature and Director, African Women's Studies Centre, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, University of Fort Hare
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Postdoctoral fellow, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research associate, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer (Associate Professor), Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Information Systems, Bayero University, Kano
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Ethnomusicology and African Musical Arts lecturer, Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Reader, SOAS, University of London
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Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, University of South Africa
