Queer in Africa

LGBTQI Identities, Citizenship, and Activism

Zethu Matebeni, Surya Monro, Vasu Reddy, Zethu Matebeni, Surya Monro, Vasu Reddy

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781315406725
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

African sexualities are dynamic, multi-faceted and resilient. However, people with non-heterosexual sexualities and gender variant identities are often involved in struggles for survival, self-definition, and erotic rights.

Queer in Africa forms an entry point for understanding the vulnerabilities of queer Africans as shaped by social, cultural and political processes, aiming to provide innovative insights about contentious disagreements over their lives. The volume mediates Southern and Northern scholarship, directing attention toward African-centred beliefs made accessible to a wide audience. Key concerns such as identity construction and the intersections between different social forces (such as nationalist traditionalism and sexualities) are addressed via engaging chapters; some empirically based and others providing critical cultural analysis.

Highly interdisciplinary in nature, Queer in Africa provides a key resource for students, academics, and activists concerned with the international support of sex and gender diversity. It will appeal to those interested in fields such as anthropology, film studies, literary studies, political science, public health, sociology, and socio-legal studies.

Subject index

activism/activist 2, 3, 7–9, 11, 12, 13–16, 22, 42, 57, 58, 63, 81, 82, 84, 93, 99, 101, 102, 104, 107, 108, 112, 113, 133, 134–136, 138, 139, 148, 149, 150, 152, 154, 159, 160, 171, 175, 179, 191, 192, 193, 194; advocacy 4, 6–9, 117, 134, 177; African 81; African political 9, 42; agentic 133; interventions 2, 3, 137, 179; lobbying 9; organising 6, 85, 96, 148, 151; political 57; around sexual rights 134; transgender 12, 179, 191, 193; woman 99

adultery 26, 87

Africa 1–21, 23, 26, 32, 36–42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 57–63, 65–67, 70, 72–74, 78–84, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 97–115, 119, 120, 122, 125, 128, 129, 133–144, 146, 147, 149, 152–177, 183, 184, 187, 189, 192–195; Africanness 2, 20; countries 2, 9, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 63, 81, 133, 158, 159, 162, 163, 165, 172; leaders in 21; Mother Africa 32; pan-African 12, 92, 93, 173; sub-Saharan 11, 23, 114

African-centred scholarship 4, 159

African conse...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Introduction
• African studies: non-normative genders and sexualities
• Moving beyond and between identity categories
• Citizenship, activism, and human rights
• Author index
• Subject index