For this week’s episode, we feature excerpts from a fireside chat held during last month’s African Women’s Leadership Conference at Smith College. We are excited to share some of the insights from the conference speakers. Wambui Mwangi (@wambui_mwangi) is a Kenyan writer, scholar, and artist with a passion for post-colonial theory and Kenyan political history. Malika Ndlovu (@malikandlovu) is a South African poet with a background in theatre and arts management. Obioma Nnaemeka is a Nigerian scholar and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of French, Women’s/Gender Studies and African/African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University. Martha Wangari Karua (@MarthaKarua) is a Kenyan politician and former member of parliament and advocate of the High Court of Kenya who also served as Minister of Justice.
As usual, we begin the episode with a rundown of some of what we’ve been reading — and we spend a good deal of time talking about the recent controversy surrounding remarks by Chimamanda Adichie on trans womanhood.
Music this week is courtesy of a live performance last week at Chez Beki/Quick Poulet in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Books, Links, Articles
- “When the US funds global health, other countries do too.” Analysis by Amy Patterson