Happy New Year! I’m especially excited about two things in 2020. Firstly, the 10th anniversary of my blog on 16 March. Then three days later, on 19 March, the UK book launch for Sensuous Knowledge, my debut collection of interwoven essays that centre womanhood, African Studies, black feminism, philosophy, personal narrative, myth, art and culture…
Why Me Too has failed, my Cambridge Union talk
Me Too has lost much of the radical spirit with which it commenced for two key reasons. Firstly, as I argued at the Cambridge Union debate on the topic last week, the movement is now “in the hands of the media, and therefore in the hands of the male establishment who owns the media”. Secondly…
The only feminism that can challenge xenophobic and misogynist populism is inclusive feminism
On 7 June, the European Women’s Lobby launched its campaign for the 2019 European Parliament elections for equal representation of women. Over 100 leading women’s rights activists from the EWL membership across Europe gathered at the EU Parliament in Brussels under the theme of “Women ReShaping Power”. I had the honour of delivering a keynote…
A milestone for global feminism
Reposting my latest article for The Guardian, which was titled “Feminism needs global voices – here are eight books we should all be reading”. In the piece l argue that Sweden handing out copies of We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to all sixteen year olds is a milestone for global feminism – as well…