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FEMINISM. PAN-AFRICA. SOCIAL CRITICISM. DIASPORA. CULTURE.

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Sensuous Knowledge – My debut book is out now!

Sensuous Knowledge

Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone draws on Africa-centric, feminist-first and artistic traditions to help us rediscover inclusive and invigorating ways of experiencing the world afresh. Click on the image to read more.

Recent blogposts

A Historical Overview of African Feminist Strands

August 24, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 3 Comments

Recently launched by the Goethe Institute, The House of African Feminisms (HoAF) is a platform for feminist discourse, resources and enlightenment. … [Continue Reading...]

On Abortion

August 23, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

The best law about abortion is no law. There should be no law regulating what women do or don’t do with their bodies when pregnant. A woman’s body … [Continue Reading...]

Book announcement! I’m writing a book about African feminism

August 16, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

I’m so excited to share that I am writing a new book! It is titled “Can Feminism be African?” and will be published by William Collins early 2024. … [Continue Reading...]

Enlivenment, Sensuous Knowledge and Postactivism at the World Ethic Forum

August 10, 2022 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I’m so much looking forward to participating in the WorldEthicForum in Pontresina, Switzerland, this month with an inspiring group of “Firekeepers” … [Continue Reading...]

Knowledge that is alive

May 27, 2022 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

Should dance performances be a part of studying philosophy? Can morality be objective? Are there alternative ways to think of IQ and … [Continue Reading...]

Interview in Evolve Magazine

January 29, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

evolve: You speak about sensuous knowledge. What do you mean by that? Minna Salami: The word “sensuous” is a unique word in the English … [Continue Reading...]

100 things to recolonise

January 7, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 3 Comments

The indigenous Waorani activist, Nemonte Nenquimo, wrote in an unforgettable GuardianOp-ed titled This is my message to the western world – your … [Continue Reading...]

What is Sensuous Knowledge? A visual exploration

December 11, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I spoke to the Institute of Arts and Ideas about the key explorations in Sensuous Knowledge. In line with the book's argument of bringing together … [Continue Reading...]

What liberating effects does writing have?

August 26, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I spoke to the Institute of Arts and Ideas about the below key themes in Sensuous Knowledge. What is sensuous knowledge compared to … [Continue Reading...]

The question of blackness in writing

May 31, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

How do contemporary African artists, curators and writers deal with the question of blackness in our work? How does blackness inform the creative … [Continue Reading...]

A Black Feminist Approach to Life

May 14, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I had a fun book event at Columbia University last week titled "A Black Feminist Approach to Life" where I spoke to the lovely Abigail Ony Nwaohuocha … [Continue Reading...]

Without feeling, knowledge becomes stale. Without reason, it becomes indelicate.

May 10, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I grew up in Lagos in Nigeria, in a multifaith household, where I lived with my parents and my extended family. Lagos is a very cosmopolitan city, … [Continue Reading...]

A feminist analysis of the soul

May 6, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

What is the function of the soul in society? In culture, in religion, in politics? Emotionally, what role does the soul play? If the … [Continue Reading...]

What I’m reading now

May 1, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I am drawn to books that are imaginative, playful, and passionate. I am drawn to books that are insightful and eye-opening. I am drawn to books … [Continue Reading...]

Redefining, renegotiating and beautifying masculinity

April 26, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

Progressive contemporary discussions about masculinity typically call for a reframing of the notion. Even the project that this article belongs to has … [Continue Reading...]

Goldilocks Syndrome – A creative nonfiction essay about decolonisation

April 23, 2021 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

I'm delighted to have a creative nonfiction essay about decolonisation in the spring issue of World Literature Today titled Goldilock Syndrome. The … [Continue Reading...]

Ecofeminist values in Dalai Lama’s and Greta Thunberg’s zoom conversation

April 1, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

In The Death of Nature, published in 1980, ecofeminist philosopher Carolyn Merchant wrote, with foresight and exactitude, of how natural ecosystems … [Continue Reading...]

Beauty and nonconformity

March 31, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

The Cooper Gallery in Scotland has launched a major five-chapter exhibition and event project titled The Ignorant Art School: Five Sit-ins towards … [Continue Reading...]

A review of Netflix docudrama “The Social Dilemma”

March 28, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

There are many ways to look at the word social – it can imply human characteristics (the social animal), events (social gatherings), and civic … [Continue Reading...]

MsAfropolitan curates “Oya’s Daughters: Connecting Black African Feminisms Around the World”

March 18, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I'm thrilled to be collaborating with the Africa Centre in New York on an event titled Oya’s Daughters: Connecting Black African Feminisms Around the … [Continue Reading...]

De-centring whiteness in black liberation

March 17, 2021 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

Most eras end imperceptibly – and most eras also end abruptly. It may seem a contradiction that social change is both barely noticeable and drastic, … [Continue Reading...]

A better way to talk about oppression is as a ‘crisis of relationship’

December 22, 2020 By MsAfropolitan 3 Comments

This blog is the English version of an OpEd I wrote for EL PAÍS published 21.12.20. The original version in Spanish can be read here. Let’s begin … [Continue Reading...]

My message about feminism and the environment at the UNDP’s Nature for Life Hub

October 1, 2020 By MsAfropolitan 2 Comments

It was truly an honour to be invited to share a 90-second pre-recorded message at UNDP's Nature for Life Hub this week. I chose to speak, of course, … [Continue Reading...]

Sensuous Knowledge featured on Al Jazeera

September 30, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

Earlier this month I spoke with Malika Bilal, host of Al Jazeera's podcast The Take, about the journeys that led to my writing Sensuous Knowledge. I … [Continue Reading...]

Sensuous Knowledge Masterclass with Africa Writes X Arvon At Home

September 29, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I'm looking forward to teaching a nonfiction masterclass at Arvon At Home in collaboration with AfricaWrites. We'll be applying a rounded and … [Continue Reading...]

Sensuous Knowledge references and recommended reading

September 14, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of awareness of the world. That's what poetry does." So said the poet Allen Ginsberg, and he … [Continue Reading...]

Exousiance – a series of essays on love and power

May 5, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I'm producing a series of essays on love and power for Emerge, a platform highlighting ways of thinking that are sowing the seeds of a new … [Continue Reading...]

Reflections of desire in lockdown

April 7, 2020 By MsAfropolitan 2 Comments

A friend called me the other day overstrung. She was worried because I'm alone in lockdown. I’m concerned and acclimatising to the new normal but I'm … [Continue Reading...]

Sensuous Knowledge audiobook narrated by Robin Miles

April 6, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I'm thrilled to share that actor Robin Miles is the narrator of Sensuous Knowledge. Robin is a multiple-award-winning, grammy finalist whose … [Continue Reading...]

New questions for the world, old pleas for black feminism

March 27, 2020 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

A poem by the Somali-British poet, Warsan Shire, goes, “later that nighti held an atlas in my lapran my fingers across the whole worldand … [Continue Reading...]

Sensuous Knowledge – launching a book in a pandemic

March 19, 2020 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

It is almost exactly one week since the World Health organisation declared a coronavirus pandemic. It's as though we are living in a World War. This … [Continue Reading...]

The missing feminist politics of the cyclical

March 16, 2020 By MsAfropolitan 2 Comments

If women had power parity the notion of the cyclical would be of central importance to how we structure everything—our politics, economics, laws, … [Continue Reading...]

    Feminism. Africa. Popular Culture. Social Criticism.

    Hi! I'm Minna Salami, I'm a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer and social critic, and the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. As a lecturer and keynote speaker, I have spoken at over 300 universities, cultural events and conferences, on five continents. I am the author of "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone - a collection of thought provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and our world." (Harper Collins US) Read full bio

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    An African Feminist mixtape

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