Click below to read Tomupeishe Maphosa’s article ‘African Feminists’ published in IOB Exchange to Change, March 2013, Issue No. 23, pages 16-19 African Feminists – TomupeisheAfrican Feminists – Tomupeishe
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I cannot really remember when I met Sindi. I’ve tried hard in the last few days since the news of her death; tried recalling when I met her and under what circumstances and am sure, a sister somewhere would have been witness to our meeting because that was how Sindi was. She gathered us like [...]
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On the 16th of March 2013, I was a guest on the BBC World Service’s ‘The Forum‘ and was offered the chance to pitch a 60 second idea that could potentially change the world. My idea was very simple. We can change the world by capturing the stories of women. Especially those stories from women [...]
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This post was originally shared on ‘the feminist wire‘ Leigh Ann van der Merwe was born in 1982 in Ugie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. Growing up as a gender questioning person, she struggled to conform to typical male gender codes and as a result always felt left out both in family life and at [...]
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Watch footage of ‘What’s new in African feminisms: Pop, People and Politics’ with Jessica Horn, a founding member of the AFF, writer and women’s rights consultant; Rita Ray, DJ, Presenter and African music specialist; Meklit Hadero, musician, cultural activist, and Senior TED fellow; and Pontso Mafete, Programme Manager for Women and Girls at Comic Relief [...]
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Click below to read Tomupeishe Maphosa’s article ‘African Feminists’ published in IOB Exchange to Change, March 2013, Issue No. 23, pages 16-19 African Feminists – TomupeisheAfrican Feminists – Tomupeishe
![](http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/thumbnails/timthumb.php?src=http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Sindi.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=85")
I cannot really remember when I met Sindi. I’ve tried hard in the last few days since the news of her death; tried recalling when I met her and under what circumstances and am sure, a sister somewhere would have been witness to our meeting because that was how Sindi was. She gathered us like [...]
![](http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/thumbnails/timthumb.php?src=http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nana.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=85")
On the 16th of March 2013, I was a guest on the BBC World Service’s ‘The Forum‘ and was offered the chance to pitch a 60 second idea that could potentially change the world. My idea was very simple. We can change the world by capturing the stories of women. Especially those stories from women [...]
![](http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/thumbnails/timthumb.php?src=http://www.africanfeministforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Leigh-Ann.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=85")
This post was originally shared on ‘the feminist wire‘ Leigh Ann van der Merwe was born in 1982 in Ugie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. Growing up as a gender questioning person, she struggled to conform to typical male gender codes and as a result always felt left out both in family life and at [...]
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Watch footage of ‘What’s new in African feminisms: Pop, People and Politics’ with Jessica Horn, a founding member of the AFF, writer and women’s rights consultant; Rita Ray, DJ, Presenter and African music specialist; Meklit Hadero, musician, cultural activist, and Senior TED fellow; and Pontso Mafete, Programme Manager for Women and Girls at Comic Relief [...]
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This interview by Hakima Abbas was originally shared on ‘the feminist wire‘ on the 1st of March 2013 Yara Sallam is the Women Human Rights Defenders Program manager at Nazra for Feminist Studies, the first program in Egypt that focuses on women human rights defenders. Yara previously worked as a professional legal assistant at [...]
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We’re delighted to have the talented musician and activist Meklit Hadero join us at “What’s new in African Feminisms? Pop, People and Politics” panel as part of the Women of the World Festival. This is what Joshua Jelly [...]
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On Sunday 10 March 2013, 1:30pm – 3:00pm at The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall the African Feminist Forum (AFF) and the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) will present a panel on ‘What’s new in African feminisms? Pop, People and Politics’. Here’s a teaser of what will be discussed: African women are gaining force in [...]
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Good News. 4 African Feminists, Hakima Abbas, Jessica Horn, Minna Salami and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah were included in Applause Africa’s list of 40 inspirational Africans in their recent changemaker edition. Were there any other African feminist sisters on this list? Let us know via the comments box. In the mean time check out the profiles [...]
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We had a great webinar today in spite of some technical hitches. Thank you for participating. Please find attached the power points from our resource people: Jan Moolman Feminist Cyborgs: Online Security Yara Sallam Online Activism: a case study from Egypt Spectra Asala Feminist Cyborgs- Online fundraising You can also check out the live blog [...]
