African women

Minna Salami to speak about African women and leadership at MEDays, the South’s own forum

Minna Salami, writer and African feminist blogger at multiple award winning site, MsAfropolitan.com, will be speaking about African women and leadership at MEDays, the international forum dubbed as “the South’s own forum” taking place November 13 to 16 2013 in Tangier. For the sixth edition of the international MEDays forum, high level policymakers from Africa, […]

Video: Prof. Amina Mama on gender, religion and militarism

Following a talk on ‘Global Militarism and the Resilience African Women‘ organised by the African Leadership Centre at the University of Nairobi on the 24th of June, Prof. Amina Mama was featured on the ‘JSO Interview’ where she spoke on Gender, Religion and Militarism. Watch the videos below      

African women talk Women, Inspiration, Leadership at Africa Utopia, Southbank Centre, London

On 22nd July 2012 two members of the African Feminist Forum (AFF)-  Theo Sowa and Jessica Horn - participated in the “Women, inspiration, leadership” panel, programmed at London’s leading arts space the Southbank Centre,  as part of the Africa Utopia series. The panel featured Beninoise singer and activist Angelique Kidjo; South African poet and TV […]