In a critical review of Lemonade in 2016, bell hooks wrote, “Even though Beyoncé and her creative collaborators daringly offer multidimensional images of black female life, much of the album stays within a conventional stereotypical framework, where the black woman is always a victim.” It was … [Continue Reading...]
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Not only fake news, there’s also fake feminist opinion
It is not only news that is increasingly "fake", a similar trend is emerging in feminism with commentators writing what I refer to as "fake feminist opinion". Here's my latest column for the Nigeria Guardian where I expand on this troubling development. For much of feminist history, the … [Continue Reading...]
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How the family unit was designed to oppress women’s sexuality
A group of states including the six African states Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda have recently tabled a resolution at the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council … [Continue Reading...]
When Africans connect food, nature and our deepest selves
There's a scene in the movie, Moonlight, where the Kevin character (André Holland) prepares a meal for the lead character, Chiron (Trevante Rhodes), whom he is in love with. He drizzles lemon over … [Continue Reading...]
Listen to my Media Masters podcast on blogging, African marketplaces, feminist writing etc.
To download - iTunes or Stream Every Thursday I get an inbox alert that a new episode of Media Masters, a "series of extended one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media game" with … [Continue Reading...]
How Africa underdeveloped Africa
Let's start with the bad news. A ground-breaking survey led by The Initiative for Equal Rights has found that support for the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) remains at 90%. Sad to say, this … [Continue Reading...]
Is there an authentic African position on feminism?
If you are interested in pan-Africanism then chance are that you have visited the pages of the African Holocaust, "a non-profit civil society dedicated to the progressive study of African history and … [Continue Reading...]
Men suppress great female energy power. The #MenAreTrash hashtag is a virtual shrine for loss.
On April 29th, the dead body of a young woman named Karabo Mokoena was found in a deserted veld in Johannesburg. She had been necklaced (meaning a tyre filled with petrol was placed around her neck … [Continue Reading...]
Why the age gap between Macron and Trogneux is symbolically significant for feminism
That the newly elected French president, Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Trogneux, is twenty-five years older than him is symbolically significant for feminism and women’s empowerment. After all, … [Continue Reading...]
Reflections on writing, voice and inner life
In August 2014, to my great excitement, I was invited to give a TEDx Talk in London. It was thrilling to have the opportunity to share my thoughts on the renowned platform and I eagerly began … [Continue Reading...]
“Commitmentphilia” versus “Commitmentphobia”
Women spend a lot of energy trying to understand the "commitmentphobia" of men when they should spend it on understanding their own "commitmentphilia". This is the argument in my latest column at the … [Continue Reading...]
7 popular posts about African feminism
It’s exactly seven years today since MsAfropolitan was launched . In the time since, I’ve published over 350 articles (where did I find the time?) and this site has received half a million visits and … [Continue Reading...]
