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A book about beauty, power, gender, globalisation, science and sexuality that is rooted in black feminism…

January 25, 2018 By MsAfropolitan 6 Comments

A book about beauty, power, gender, globalisation, science and sexuality that is rooted in black and African feminism…

Does that sound like a book you would like to read?

Because I am so excited to share the news that I am writing precisely such a book! It is titled Sensuous Knowledge: A Radical Black Feminist Approach for Everyone, and will be simultaneously published by Harper Collins in the US/ Canada and Zed Books in the UK/ Commonwealth in Summer 2019. I am over the moon!

Sensuous Knowledge weaves together a number of disciplines such as personal narrative, feminist theory, pop culture, spirituality and African philosophy in order to encourage a new understanding of knowledge that is nevertheless rooted in historical truths. It will explore universal topics such as beauty, power, gender, globalisation, science and sexuality from a black feminist and Africa-centred perspective in contrast to the male and/or Eurocentric perspective we are inundated with.

My editor at Zed Books, Kim Walker, said, “At a time when our society is looking for answers everywhere but finding answers nowhere, Sensuous Knowledge offers a revolutionary way to approach the world, rooted in the ethos and politics of Black feminism, by which we can all become intellectually, emotionally, physically and spiritually wiser.”

My editor at Amistad/Harper Collins, Tracy Sherrod, said, “Amistad Harper is the proud publisher of great women thinkers such as bell hooks and Roxane Gay. I’m excited to help bring Minna’s fresh, global voice to the feminist discourse and to our list.”

I could not have dreamed of more fitting publishers than these. Harper Collins’s Amistad imprint is the publisher of such seminal authors as bell hooks, Martin Luther King and Zora Neale Hurston who have changed my life while Zed Books is the publisher of my heroines Nawal el Saadawi and Assata Shakur. I feel incredibly lucky that Sensuous Knowledge has found its home with publishers who champion radical and bold voices.

Last but certainly not least, I want to say that a great part of my excitement contains gratitude. Thank YOU. To my day one readers, I appreciate you with all my heart. To every single one of you that has engaged with MsAfropolitan, I thank you so much. I can barely contain my excitement to share this next branch of my journey with you.

Here’s a link to an official press statement with more information including contacts for my super incredible agent (shout out!), Maria Cardona, at Pontas Literary & Film Agency who can be contacted for any questions about rights.

What next?

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Woohoo! Black feminist knowledge paradigm rising!!!

Image credit Ewelina Stechnij

Filed Under: Africa, Afropolitanism, Decolonisation, feminism, Pop Culture, Social Criticism Tagged With: black feminism, book, Sensuous Knowledge

Comments

  1. amina70 says

    January 26, 2018 at 12:51 am

    Oh Minna, I share in your excitement and I’m looking forward to reading the book. I’ve been an advocate and admirer of your writings and fresh approach to the weary and tiresome issues that have plague humanity with your exceptional focus on how it impacts women of color and others. I won’t be posting on my blog but will continue to stay in touch with you and others… whom I’ve admired over the years. This is the link to sign-off article. http://perspectives-anotherwaytoview.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-musings-of-septuagenarian-novice.html#more
    Peace and be well.

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    • MsAfropolitan says

      January 31, 2018 at 10:36 pm

      Thank you so much! This means a lot to me. Thank you also for your service and struggle, it’s appreciated, I look forward to staying in touch.

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      • amina70 says

        February 1, 2018 at 5:02 am

        Me too!!

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  2. shokee ahmed says

    August 25, 2022 at 9:55 am

    Oh Minna, I am keen to buy your book to become first buyer of it as I am so much infatuated with your novel wonderful and amazing ideas. I sincerely hope you will give a new touch to sensuality and sexuality
    as the stereotype cliché mad a bad name to most women. Actually men are more interested in sex than women. Also give some portion in it about rape especially marital rape and polygamy as well. If men can
    marry a number then what is bad in polyandry? Kudos to your nice work!!

    Reply

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