{"product_id":"9781509567744","title":"Feminism in Africa : Gender, Knowledge and Resistance by Fatou Sow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaising feminist concerns about the struggles of African women amid debates surrounding the socio-cultural, economic and political future of Africa remains an immense challenge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFatou Sow, the renowned Senegalese feminist activist and academic, illustrates here her own journey through a continuously developing global discourse. Her fundamental aim is to demonstrate the emergence and development of women's and feminist studies in Africa, highlighting its achievements, failures and, most importantly, its complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe argues that it is crucial to examine the influence of the patriarchy in light of Africa's historical matriarchal systems, which form the basis of the continent's social structures. Feminist research must also evaluate how gender intersects with age, class, ethnicity, caste, race and religious disparities, among other inequalities prevalent on the continent. As an African feminist, rooted in her African context and cultures, Sow is compelled to analyze conflicting realities, transformations and contradictions, as well as the complex contributions that are specific to different times and places. African cultures are not just relics of struggles against a colonial West, a West defined by domination. These cultures are primarily memories and living spaces that are deconstructed and reinvented daily, at every moment, with each generation, marked by triumphs and defeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Fatou Sow\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAfrica\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 May 2026 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd (Polity Press) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Critical South' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 186 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback \/ softback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55538747736440,"sku":"9781509567744","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/6671\/7600\/files\/9781509567744.jpg?v=1776966205","url":"https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/products\/9781509567744","provider":"Afrori Books LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}