African Feminisms

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In this course, we will study and analyze the various positions, debates, and shifts that make up African feminisms and African gender studies. We will cross geographic and ideological boundaries as we examine, for example, African nationalist feminism, African queer feminism, African decolonial feminism, as well as, the African gender scholars who vehemently critique feminism. We will closely examine several novels and films by African feminist writers and filmmakers and consider the major contributions that African feminists have offered to the wider global field of social justice movements and gender studies.