I reviewed ‘Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure’ edited by Andrea Cornwall, Susie Jolly, and Kate Hawkins for the current edition of Feminist Africa which you should all check out. For me it’s an honour to write for Feminist Africa, a peer reviewed journal led by many African feminists that I have a lot of respect for. That my words even sits in the same publication that has been edited by Amina Mama and Hakima Abbas blows my …
Tag: politics
I have always been intensely curious about sex and sexuality. Over the course of my life I have read more things about sex than I count. I have heard all the sex stories. Watched all the …
[This post is the third part of the penis chronicles. To read the first post please click here and to read the second post please click here ] Small girl, you don’t know the ting. I …
My friends over at Accra[dot]Alt held one of their regular Talk Parties last week and invited Crystal Svaniker, Kobby Graham, Elvina Quaison and I to share insights from the Open Forum which we attended in May. …
Lydia Oppong went to the trunk of her car and pulled out a simple batik dress and a pair of flip flips and stuffed them into a plastic bag. She strode confidently into the jail and …
My BFFFL Nana Darkoa is a staunch feminist. We haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on everything, but she generally has a way of conveying her point convincingly. As a feminist, part of her dogma lies in the …
I have to confess, I have political ambitions. 2 years ago I thought maybe I should aim to be a Member of Parliament and work my way to being a Minister (I quite fancy being Minister …