Waiting for Gadaa
A critical exploration through transnational Siinqee feminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9287247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M K Kumsa (0000-0002-2429-7844, Wilfrid Laurier University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-134 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2040-7211 • E-ISSN: 2168-1392 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21681392.2019.1697313 |
| OpenAlex | W2994680222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
In this autoethnography I critically engage the experiences and theories of waiting for liberation, dubbed waiting for gadaa, in the Oromo diaspora by using the Africanist analytic framework of transnational siinqee feminism. I organize my stories into two parts. In the first part, I introduce the work, starting from my personal experiences of waiting and connecting the dots of the personal and political and individual and collective stories. I tease out three salient epistemological principles of a transnational siinqee feminist conceptual framework for both the critical analysis of theories and experiences of waiting in the Oromo diaspora. In the second part, I explore waiting in theory and practice. I interweave the three siinqee principles, my research in the Oromo diaspora, and broader emergent theories of waiting to critically engage the complex textures of waiting for gadaa in the Oromo diaspora. I conclude by opening the principles of transnational siinqee feminism for a possible fit in broader emancipatory praxis
Autoethnography · Critical theory · Diaspora · Epistemology · Feminism · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Sociology · Subaltern · African history and culture analysis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy
Black Skin, White Masks
Longing in Belonging
The Time of Youth
Thinking-feeling with the Earth
Toward a Decolonial Feminism
Heartful Autoethnography
Paused subjects
Ethnography Two Decades After Writing Culture
Journey of Errors
Autoethnography and Activism
Hope on remand
État de siège
Waiting in liminal space
Africa from the Margins
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |