GWS103

The field of African Feminism has had a controversial history. This course aims to provide an introduction to this history, and to give an overview of key debates in African feminism. In the early days of African decolonization, discourses around decolonial nationalisms and the afterlives of colonialism were dominated by men. Yet women novelists, theorists, and activists, while previously largely overlooked nevertheless wrote and continue to write. Many women wrote from the domestic sphere, using the dynamics of the (post)colonial home to reflect on the nation, colonialism, gender, and sexuality. More recent literatures reflect on global belonging, Africannness, and blackness from a feminist lens. This course considers how African feminist literatures imagine decoloniality in the context of gender, sexuality, and blackness that dominant narratives obscure. This course is cross-listed as ENG-103. It also counts towards the African Studies minor. GLAFC, Fall semester.

Global Affairs & Cultures (GLAFC), Humanities (HUMN)

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