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Africana womanism is a term coined in the late 1980s by Clenora Hudson-Weems, [1] intended as an ideology applicable to all women of African descent. It is grounded in African culture and Afrocentrism and focuses on the experiences, struggles, needs, and desires of Africana women of the African diaspora.
African feminism includes theories and movements which specifically address the experiences and needs of continental African women (African women who reside on the African continent). From a western perspective, these theories and movements fall under the umbrella label of Feminism , but this categorization is misleading for many branches of ...
The book consists of a series of interviews with African women with a foreword by Benoite Groult. [3] [4]The first part of the book, Les Mots des négresses (The Words of the Négresses), deals with the need for African women to use their own words to describe their experiences, so that they are no longer "described by others," especially by the men in their families who decide about their ...
Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists is a document by the African Women's Development Fund that was formulated during a 2006 gathering of African women feminists across the world in Accra, Ghana, to create baseline principles to address key definitions of African feminism and patriarchy. [1] [2] [3]
She argues that "feminist" isn't an insult, but rather a label that should be embraced by all. While feminism advocates for equity and equality between men and women in all aspects of life, the fiercest opponents of women's liberation believe that feminism is a social movement that focuses on reversing gender roles and making men inferior.
Feminist Africa is a peer-reviewed academic journal that addresses feminist topics from an "African continental perspective". [1] It is published by the African Gender Institute (University of Cape Town). [2] Its founding editor-in-chief is Amina Mama (Mills College and University of California, Davis). [3]
Clenora F. Hudson-Weems (born July 23, 1945) [1] is an African-American author and academic who is currently a professor of English at the University of Missouri. [2] She coined the term "Africana womanism" in the late 1980s, contending that women of African descent have always been Africana womanists by their very nature, dating back to Africana women in antiquity, even before the coinage of ...
Notable African writers have focused in their work on issues specifically concerning women in Africa, including Nawal El Saadawi (in books such as Woman at Point Zero and The Hidden Face of Eve), Flora Nwapa , Ama Ata Aidoo (Anowa, Changes: A Love Story), and Buchi Emecheta (The Bride Price, The Slave Girl, The Joys of Motherhood).