Intersectionality in African digital organizing

A Ghanaian perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12918286
AutoresWunpini Fatimata Mohammed (0000-0001-9251-5930, University of Georgia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas107-109
Fecha de publicación2023-04-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ccc/tcad007
OpenAlexW4362706473
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas5

Although there is growing scholarship on intersectionality in African feminist movements, there are still gaps in scholarship on intersectionality on the continent when it comes to various identity categories. I examine intersectionality within the Ghanaian context using African feminisms as a backdrop. I argue that to drive African feminisms toward emancipatory praxes, it is imperative to center identity categories that are often erased from feminist conversations and to pay attention to organizing from these margins to amplify the erased narratives about marginalization. I theorize these silenced narratives drawing on my experiences as a Muslim Dagbana woman and my work in African and Ghanaian feminist digital spaces. Here, I focus on ethnicity as an identity category that is often overlooked within feminist discourses in national contexts in Africa. I point to organizing strategies that can facilitate the centering of identities and feminist issues that have historically been pushed to the margins

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