The internet is increasingly a space for intellectual debates; with the ability to connect with like-minded people with similar interests, one can find people who enjoy discussing literature, scientific advancements or even the lastest piece of fluff holiday reading. Increased internet and mobile penetration in Africa has provided Africans a space to challenge dominant narratives about the continent often advanced by western media, and African feminists recently had their day when #FeministWhileAfrican was trending.
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African identities Pink Taxi: Egypt’s first all-women taxi service
Pink Taxi offers a safe mode of transportation for women in #Egypt but some have asked if the initiative can indeed help curb sexual harassment in the country
Politics and Society Whose Africa is rising? A feminist perspective
Celebrating the success of women who succeed against all odds might be an important part of the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative, but only if it served to also disclose the struggles and interests invested in their success
Lifestyle Women’s History Month Profile: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
As we profile African women writers for this Women’s History Month, we raise our glasses to celebrate internationally-acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who uses her work to raise and address the plight of African women
Lifestyle Women’s History Month Profile: Tsitsi Dangarembga
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we salute African authors starting with Zimbabwe’s award-winning writer Tsitsi Dangarembga
Arts, Culture and Sport The feminist books that inspired us – Part 1
Time and time again, books have been a source of inspiration, and learning. A good book can even change the course of one’s life.
In this two-part series, TIA’s Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah reached out to a number of Black feminists across the globe and asked them, “which feminist book had the most impact on you and why?”
Politics and Society After Ferguson, my feminism will never be the same
The continuous existence of black people is a political act, and after Ferguson I can no longer separate my feminism from my political fight against the racism inherent in western societal structures towards people of colour.
Lifestyle This cougar life
The word cougar in its current cultural context sends me into paroxysms of rage. A woman who dates or has sex with a younger man is a cougar and a man who dates younger women is a what? For the older woman there is a strong sense of societal disapproval.
African identities African Feminism and the politics of ‘Being Pretty’
Are African women between a rock and a hard place when it comes to feminism and bodily adornment? One African female writer explores what it means to be fierce, fly AND feminist.