Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
African identities
African identities White Yet Black: International Albinism Awareness Day 2022
White Yet Black is a conversational piece with people with albinism in Southern Africa. Part documentary, part experimental film, White Yet Black is a poetic piece. The film attempts to highlight the experiences of people with albinism in the southern African region.
African identities Cartoon | LGBTQI in Africa: Discrimination and homophobia persist
While a few African countries have partly decriminalised LGBTQI persons, giving them better protection, there is still widespread discrimination against people with non-conforming sexual orientations and gender identities.
African identities Pride Month: Rising queer African icons (Part 1)
They have championed sexual and gender minority rights, risked their lives to live boldly, educated their communities, and created art that depicts queer realities. Meet some of Africa’s Rising Queer Icons.
African identities Zambia’s LGBTQIA+ activists battle softly-softly
The country’s discriminatory laws and societal attitudes towards queer people mean each bit of help they do receive requires caution, patience and a network of sympathetic friends.
African identities KiSwahili as an agent of liberation, integration
At a recent Africa Month event panellists discussed the role of language, particularly Swahili, in fostering African integration and development.
African identities A Kenyan school founded on Ubuntu and Afrocentrism
The Children in Freedom School in Kenya has an Afrocentric approach to education that recognises the greatness inherent in every African child, nurturing it from an early age, and preparing them to design solutions that will change their local communities and the world.
African identities Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
African identities DRC queer rights activist forced to go into hiding
The Congolese advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights has been living in fear after spurious charges of ‘promoting homosexuality’ led the police to her door.