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Genre/Form: | Literary collections Anthologies |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Hakima Abbas; Sokari Ekine |
ISBN: | 0857490990 9780857490995 |
OCLC Number: | 806013085 |
Description: | xiii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | An essay / David Kato Kisule -- 'In sisterhood and solidarity' : queering African feminist spaces / Awino Okech -- Postcolonial discourses of queer activism and class in Africa / Lyn Ossome -- Disability and desire : journey of a film-maker : life story / Shelley Barry -- African LGBTI manifesto/declaration -- 'Proudly African & transgender' : collaborative portraits and stories with trans and intersex activists / Gabrielle Le Roux -- The vampire bite that brought me to life : fiction / Nancy Lylac Warinda -- Contesting narratives of queer Africa / Sokari Ekine -- African statement in response to British government on aid conditionality -- Straight to the matter : fiction / Olumide Popoola -- The face I love : Zanelle Muholi's 'Faces and phases' / Raél Jero Salley -- Caster runs for me / Ola Osaze -- Transsexuals' nightmare : activism of subjugation? / Audrey Mbugua -- The media, the tabloid and the Uganda homophobia spectacle / Kenne Mwikya -- The single story of 'African homophobia' is dangerous for LGBTI activism / Sibongile Ndashe -- Telling stories : fiction / Happy Mwende Kinyili -- 'Faces and phases' / Zanele Muholi -- Twice removed : African invisibility in Western queer theory / Douglas Clarke -- NGOs and queer women's activism in Nairobi / Kaitlin Dearham -- The struggle for intersex rights in Africa / Julius Kaggwa -- African statement on sexual orientation and gender identity -- Queerying borders : an Afrikan activist perspective / Bernedette Muthien -- LGBTI-Queer struggles like other struggles in Africa / Gathoni Blessol -- Small axe at the crossroads : a reflection on African sexualities and human rights : life story / Kagendo Murungi -- Nature ain't rigid : poem / Mia Nikasimo -- On the paradoxical logic of intersections : a mathematical reading of the reality of homosexuality in Africa / Charles Gueboguo -- Mounting homophobic violence in Senegal / Mouhamadou Tidiane Kassé -- Queer Kenya in law and policy / Keguro Macharia -- Nhorondo--mawazo yetu : tracing life back : our reflections : life story / Zandile Makahamadze and Kagendo Murungi -- Tell the sun not to shine : fiction / Diriye Osman -- What's in a letter? / Valerie Mason-John -- Does the label fit? / Liesl Theron -- Human rights and legal implications of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill, 2011 for every Nigerian citizen -- Deconstructing violence towards black lesbians in South Africa / Zethu Matebeni -- Zanele Muholi's intimate archive : photography and post-apartheid lesbian lives / Kylie Thomas -- The portrait : fiction / Pamella Dlungwana -- Seeing beyond colonial binaries : unpacking Malawi's homosexuality discourse / Jessie Kabwila -- The movement building boot camp for Queer East African activists : an experiment in revolutionary love / Jessica Horn -- The most fabulous place on earth : a poem in many voices -- Crimson waves : fiction / Hakima Abbas -- African conversations on gender identity and ICD classifications -- Remember me when I'm gone / Busisiwe Sigasa. |
Responsibility: | edited by Sokari Ekine and Hakima Abbas. |
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Abstract:
As increasing homophobia and transphobia across Africa threatens to silence the voices of African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people, Queer African Reader brings together a collection of writings, analysis and artistic works that engage with the struggle for LGBTI liberation.
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- Sexual minorities -- Africa -- Literary collections.
- Homosexuality -- Africa -- Literary collections.
- Queer theory -- Africa -- Literary collections.
- Homophobia -- Africa -- Literary collections.
- Human rights -- Africa -- Literary collections.
- Minorités sexuelles -- Afrique -- Anthologies.
- Homosexualité -- Afrique -- Anthologies.
- Théorie queer -- Afrique -- Anthologies.
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- Sexual minorities.
- Homophobia.
- Homosexuality.
- Human rights.
- Queer theory.
- Africa.
- Queer-Theorie
- Feminismus
- Transsexualität
- Afrika
- Homosexualitet.
- Homosexuella.
- Lesbiska kvinnor.
- Transpersoner.
- Mänskliga rättigheter.
- Queerteori.
- Feminism.
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