House of African Feminisms: Feminist Practices and Knowledge
This podcast from the Goethe-Institut is part of the House of African Feminisms series, focusing on feminist thought and practice. The second series, 'Gender Justice,' features conversations with activists and academics from Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, and South Africa. They explore topics such as unequal pay, domestic labor, education, and the historical roots of gender justice. The show aims to highlight diverse perspectives on feminism and gender equality in Africa.
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Leaving No One Behind - Conversations
In this final conversation in the series, Françoise Moudouthe, founder of Eyala, a bilingual platform that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of African feminists and provides them with learning and solidarity spaces talks with Edwige Dro about setting up spaces, the need for knowledge production to amplify African voices, the relevance of intimate lives as a political tool, and sisterhood
Leaving No One Behind - The Diary of a Black Feminist
In this third episode Edwige Dro talks with Axelle Jah Njiké , pagan feminist and author of Journal intime d'une féministe (noire) published by Editions du diable Vauvert in 2022. Edwige and Axelle discuss transmission and issues relating to intimacy, feminism and identity.
Axella child. Born in Cameroon and brought to France as a child, she was named by Le Monde as one of the n e Jah Njiké i
Leaving No One Behind - African Women In The Digital Space
In this third episode taped on Africa Women's Day 2024 Edwige Dro was joined by Dr Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, assistant professor at Cornell University and a feminist activist-scholar to discuss African Women in the Digital Space. Dr Wunpini who was born and raised in Tamale Ghana is co-editor of the book “African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Dia
Leaving No One Behind - The Other Language of Women
In this second conversation in the “ Leaving No One Behind” series, Edwige Dro sits down with Leonora Miano novelist, playwright and essayist to discuss intersectionality. Edwige and Leonora talk about " L'autre langue des femmes" (The Other Language of Women), Leonora Miano's essay published in 2021 by Grasset . Born in Douala (Cameroon) in 1973, Léonora Miano is a leading figure in F
Leaving No One Behind - Locating Strongwoman
In this first conversation, Tolu Agbelusi and Edwige Dro discuss Tolu's book of poetry: Locating Strongwoman. The book reflects on “the embodiment of the fact that strength can and most often does exist in ordinary living, away from a podium, or the fabricated perfection that is sold to us as womanhood. The poems speak to unperformed living, the joy and the searching, the falling and the failing,
The Gathering Podcast - Polycrisis and Feminist Responses Part 2
In the second half of the conversation on African Feminisms and Polycrisis, Marilyn Kamuru and Brenda Wambui delve deeper into the embodiment of polycrisis and how it lives in the bodies of African women. They discuss how African women in particular can fight back against prevailing paradigms that create and perpetuate polycrisis, as well as the role of non-governmental bodies/NGOs in this fight.
The Gathering Podcast - Feminist Rituals of Healing and Community
This third episode in The Gathering series looks at the essential role of feminism and feminist principles in healing and community building. Specifically, it emphasizes the importance of ritual, ceremony, and the physical act of gathering in safe spaces as core methods for healing.
The Gathering Podcast - Polycrisis and Feminist Responses
In the first half of the conversation on African Feminisms and Polycrisis, Marilyn Kamuru and Brenda Wambui introduce the dimensions of polycrisis, the history of the term, and its implications on African women in particular. They discuss the role of the State, whose role tends to be invisibilised despite its perpetuation of polycrisis through either action or inaction. They also discuss critique
The Gathering Podcast - An unpacking of African Feminisms and Allyship
The first series in The Gathering podcast series looks at the role of men in African Feminist Movements
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 7 : Abashese Azinee
In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Abashese Azinee, as they talk about:How queer spaces on the continent feel like a hugHow splitting oneself and being whoever they're allowed to be, instead of who they truly were, affects them over time? How African feminist Twitter spaces saved their lives and more!
Content warning for: alcoholism [17.24 - 22.00]
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 6 Double Dealer Part2
In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Double Dealer, as they talk about:Blurred lines between sex and loveWhy we need more queer representation in children's books, shows, and moviesExistential questions on whether or not gender is realNavigating a homophobic family and more! Content warning for: Predators [10.50 - 16.53], bullying
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 5 : Double Dealer
In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Double Dealer, as they talk about:Icebreakers Double Dealer uses to gauge if someone is queer positive or notBi-phobia, especially among queer peopleHow heteronormativity in queerness affects queer Africans and more!Content warning for: sexual assault [32.00 - 37.25]
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 4 : Queer African Reads Part 2
In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Queer African Reads, as they talk about:The erasure of queer African histories and the myth of queerness being Un-AfricanThe privilege of pronounsBeing a Bookstagrammer and reading recommendations on queer African histories and queer fictionHow to respond when someone comes out to you and more! Content warning for:
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 3 : Queer African Reads, Part1
In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Queer African Reads, as they talk about:How they both don't understand how metrosexual became a thingHow people weaponize identity politics as a way of avoiding criticism and communityThe obliviousness behind queering the ballot in Kenya and how elite capture waters down movementsTheir fears of ever becoming wealthya
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 2: Nanseera, Part 2
In the second episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Being queer and being lower middle class; simultaneously a dependent of your family while being your family's hope for upwards social mobility due to being the first degree holder in generationsBalancing knowing that someone who loves you, and someone who loves you, doesn't love a
One Foot In The Closet - Episode 1 : Nanseera, Part 1
In the debut episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Catholicism, including: Catholic Schools, the hypocrisy of Catholicism, Catholic guilt, our respective childhood dreams of Nunhood and the Priesthood, and Queer witch hunts in Catholic SchoolsDiscovering atheism after leaving a hyper-religious environment The false narrative that Qu
One Foot In The Closet - Intro
In this third offering from the House of African Feminisms in conjunction with Name Redacted they discuss being queer on the continent and the phenomenon of "coming out". In the season 1 premiere of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, explains what One Foot In The Closet is; giving definitions for terms that folks might be unfamiliar with. They explain: the safety measures used for the
Gender Justice - Episode 5 : A General Perspective
In episode five of our Gender Justice series, Zippy Okoth and Queenter Mbori explore Gender Justice from the perspective of Dr. Zippy Okoth’s personal life.
Gender Justice - Episode 4 : A Historical Context
In episode four of our Gender Justice series, Mulenga Kapwepwe and Samba Yonga explore the history of Gender Justice fom a Zambian historical perspective.
Gender Justice - Episode 3 : Gender Justice and Unequal Pay Part 2
In episode three of our Gender Justice series, Sandrine Mignonne Iradukunda and Uwera Rutamu Fabiola explore Gender Justice particularly unequal pay from a Rwandan perspective.
Gender Justice - Episode 3 : Gender Justice & Unequal Pay Part 1
In episode three of our Gender Justice series, Sandrine Mignonne Iradukunda and Uwera Rutamu Fabiola explore Gender Justice particularly unequal pay from a Rwandan perspective.
Gender Justice - Episode 2 : Gender Justice & Domestic Work
In episode two of our Gender Justice series, Nyambura Mutanyi and Maureen Wambui explore domestic work as a site for gender-based violence and discriminatory labor practices.
Gender Justice - Episode 1: Gender Justice In Schools Part 3
In episode one of our Gender Justice series, Noma Pakade and Rudo Chigudu discuss Gender Justice in schools specifically in the South African context in a three part series. They discuss the education system as well as the challenges that youths face in their day to day lives.
Gender Justice - Episode 1: Gender Justice In Schools Part 2
In episode one of our Gender Justice series, Noma Pakade and Rudo Chigudu discuss Gender Justice in schools specifically in the South African context in a three part series. They discuss the education system as well as the challenges that youths face in their day to day lives.
Gender Justice - Episode 1 : Gender Justice In Schools Part 1
In episode one of our Gender Justice series, Noma Pakade and Rudo Chigudu discuss Gender Justice in schools specifically in the South African context in a three part series. They discuss the education system as well as the challenges that youths face in their day to day lives.
Gender Justice - Introduction
In this intro of the House of African Feminisms (HoAF) second podcast series titled Gender Justice, the HoAF project coordinator gives a brief glimpse of what can be expected and the in-depth discussions to be had.
Feminist Practices and Knowledge - Episode 5: Exploring African female agency and culture through Efua Oyofo's “udamalore” (English)
Interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and storyteller Efua Oyofo discusses the layers of her multi-sensory cultural heritage project, “udamalore”. In an enlightening conversation with journalist Ciku Kimeria, Efua provides keen insight into soft-feminism, African warfare symbolism, and the variegated realities of African culture and history. This installation tells audio, tactile, and visual Afri
Episode 3: African Spirituality as a Practice of Feminism (Amharic)
This episode is about belief systems, spirituality, and feminism. Dr. Serawit Bekele discusses from her own studies womens place in African Spirituality introducing concepts such as Halagga and Tumsa identifying that feminism or atleast feminist practices have existed in indigenous cultures and are not a Western phenomenon. The podcast is recorded in Amharic but an English transcript is available
Feminist Practices and Knowledge - Episode 4: African Feminist Literature (English)
Francoise and Nana have an informal conversation as friends about how they came to feminism and how they discovered African Feminist Literature. They discuss their favourite African Feminist writers and books and delve into what they consider feminist writing.
Feminist Practices and Knowledge - Introduction (English)
An introduction to the podcast series „Feminist Knowledge and Practices“ produced by the „House of African Feminisms“ in cooperation with different female contributors from the African continent.
Feminist Practices and Knowledge - Episode 2: My Ovaries My Decision (Portuguese)
In this episode entitled, My ovaries, my decision, Withney Sabino, founder of Mañas, the first Mozambican social and feminist magazine, chats with Graça Samo, the International Secretary of The World´s Women March. A free-flowing conversation around body autonomy and how even a piece of clothing, the capulana, was a symbol of power. We won’t tell you more but will leave you to listen. The conversa
Feminist Practices and Knowledge - Episode 1: Money is a Feminist Issue (French)
In this first episode of the House of African Feminisms podcast, Edwige Dro chats with Ivorian feminist, Désirée Dénéo, General Secretary of La Ligue – The Ivorian League of Ivorian Feminists. Did you know that it was only in 1983 that Ivorian women could get a bank account in their name, and even then, only a savings account, and that, with their husbands’ permission? And what about the everyday
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