01262nam a22001697a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001600080041001300096082001400109100001900123245003700142260004200179300003400221520083700255OSt20251215015703.0251212b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781988832494  cGZK Library  aEnglish   aHS2020/01  aTamale, Sylvia  aDecolonisation and Afro-Feminism  aUnited States :bDaraja Press, c2021  a264p., illustratedc16cmx24cm  aWhy do so many African's believe they cannot break the "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" cycle? Six decades after the colonial flags were lowered and African countries gained formal independence, the continent struggles to free itself from the deep legacies of colonialism, imperialism and patriarchy. Many intellectuals, politicians, feminists and other activists, eager to contribute to Africa's liberation, have frustratingly felt like they took the wrong path.

Analysed through the eyes of Afro-Feminism, this book revisits some of the fundamental preconditions needed for radical transformation. It challenges the traditional human rights paradigm and its concomitant idea of "gender equality," flagging instead, the African philosophy of Ubuntu as a serious alternative for reinvigorating African notions of social justice.