Feminism in Africa Gender, Knowledge and Resistance Sow Smith Hardback Polity

Name: Feminism in Africa Gender, Knowledge and Resistance Sow Smith Hardback Polity
Brand: Polity Press

Polity Press

Feminism in Africa\n\nGender, Knowledge and Resistance\n\nFatou Sow (Author), Matthew B. Smith (Translated by)\n\n9781509567737, Polity Press\n\nHardback, published 29 May 2026\n\n186 pages\n21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.34 kg\n\n\""Professor Fatou Sow is a towering figure in feminist analysis and global women's human rights advocacy. Her expert analysis of Feminism in Africa is a must-read in these times of backlash against women's rights. It affirms both the universality of feminist claims, and the importance of context and history in interpreting them. The book's exploration of the impact of fundamentalisms, of cultural debates and of identity politics on African women's struggles for equality is especially powerful. Professor Sow's striking 'refusal to accept an identity formed through oppression and domination' when violations of women's dignity are justified in the name of identity is an important rejoinder to fashionable cultural particularist arguments.\""\nKarima Bennoune, University ]