Kwame Edwin Otu
Biographic Data
| ID | 669644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kwame Edwin Otu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kwame Edwin |
| FAMILY NAME | Otu |
| SIGNATURE | OTU K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8660-4216 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On the Coloniality of the Demonic
What does the obsession among Pentecostal churches in Ghana with the demonic tell us about the scrambled lives of Africans in the aftermath of colonization? Might coloniality be the ultimate demonic power? Homewood’s Seductive Spirits shows how colonial occupation, like the demon that possesses or occupies another body, displaced the palpitating core of African subjects
African Studies Keywords
Queer" is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities of sexuality and gender, but also for situating Africa's position in the larger economy of knowledge. Otu and van Klinken explore the productive tensions between "queer" and "Africa," and aim to read Africa as queer and to read queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining Africa …
Amphibious Subjects
Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men— known in local parlance as sasso—residing in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana’s capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye’s notion of “amphibious personhood,” Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity in their self-making, creating an identity that moves beyond the homogenizing impulses of…
Amphibious Subjects
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men—known in local parlance as sasso —residing in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye's notion of "amphibious personhood," Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity…
Queer slacktivism as silent activism? The contested politics of queer subjectivities on GhanaWeb
This article examines the news, information, and entertainment website called GhanaWeb to ascertain how Ghanaians anonymously engaged in debates and conversations on homosexuality in Ghana and the diaspora between 2006 and 2012. Ghana’s 1992 Republican constitution criminalizes homosexuality in Section 104 of the Criminal Code, setting the terrain for non-heterosexual bodies and practices to be regarded as illegitimate. This is the terrain that i…
Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan
2021). Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan. Journal of African Cultural Studies: Vol. 33, The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures, pp. 10-25
LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris
Kwame Edwin Otu, LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris: Racialized Neoliberalism and Post-Traumatic White Disorder in the BBC's The World's Worst Place to Be Gay, Critical Ethnic Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 126-150
African Studies Keywords
Queer" is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities of sexuality and gender, but also for situating Africa's position in the larger economy of knowledge. Otu and van Klinken explore the productive tensions between "queer" and "Africa," and aim to read Africa as queer and to read queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining Africa …
LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris
Kwame Edwin Otu, LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris: Racialized Neoliberalism and Post-Traumatic White Disorder in the BBC's The World's Worst Place to Be Gay, Critical Ethnic Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 126-150
Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan
2021). Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan. Journal of African Cultural Studies: Vol. 33, The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures, pp. 10-25
LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris
Kwame Edwin Otu, LGBT Human Rights Expeditions in Homophobic Safaris: Racialized Neoliberalism and Post-Traumatic White Disorder in the BBC's The World's Worst Place to Be Gay, Critical Ethnic Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 126-150
Queer slacktivism as silent activism? The contested politics of queer subjectivities on GhanaWeb
This article examines the news, information, and entertainment website called GhanaWeb to ascertain how Ghanaians anonymously engaged in debates and conversations on homosexuality in Ghana and the diaspora between 2006 and 2012. Ghana’s 1992 Republican constitution criminalizes homosexuality in Section 104 of the Criminal Code, setting the terrain for non-heterosexual bodies and practices to be regarded as illegitimate. This is the terrain that i…
Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan
2021). Heteroerotic Failure and "Afro-queer Futurity" in Mohamed Camara's Dakan. Journal of African Cultural Studies: Vol. 33, The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures, pp. 10-25
Amphibious Subjects
Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men— known in local parlance as sasso—residing in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana’s capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye’s notion of “amphibious personhood,” Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity in their self-making, creating an identity that moves beyond the homogenizing impulses of…
Amphibious Subjects
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men—known in local parlance as sasso —residing in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye's notion of "amphibious personhood," Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity…
African Studies Keywords
Queer" is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities of sexuality and gender, but also for situating Africa's position in the larger economy of knowledge. Otu and van Klinken explore the productive tensions between "queer" and "Africa," and aim to read Africa as queer and to read queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining Africa …
On the Coloniality of the Demonic
What does the obsession among Pentecostal churches in Ghana with the demonic tell us about the scrambled lives of Africans in the aftermath of colonization? Might coloniality be the ultimate demonic power? Homewood’s Seductive Spirits shows how colonial occupation, like the demon that possesses or occupies another body, displaced the palpitating core of African subjects
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Queer (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works)