Nana Akosua’s fierce poetry performance during the International Women’s Day book slam organised by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and Alliance Francaise (AF) inspired the following tweet from from a member of the audience: “Nana Akosua’s handle please. She won my oscar. Great job with the show tonight. Kudos!” On the occasion of World […]
The women-children of African people choke on popcorn and live lives with subtitles. Never sure what is asked of them—whether it is from their mothers, or the ethnographers asking about their mothers. They marry up; they marry men; they learn to be the treasurers of society’s decrees. And early on, they […]
Recently I was invited to participate in the ‘The Forum‘, a BBC World Service programme. When I got the initial query from the producer I thought, “why not?”, and then checked details of the programme online… “What? The programme is described as an ‘ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with […]
On the 10th of March, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and the African Feminist Forum (AFF) organised a panel discussion on ‘What’s new in African feminisms: Pop, People and Politics‘ as part of the WOW festival at the Southbank Centre in London. Resource persons were Jessica Horn, a founding member of the AFF, writer […]
Liberate She Currency, food and spiraling promises Shiny cars, heavy jewelry and bottle-shaped figures delivered with a kiss In your face they worship you for keeping your sons close Turn around; you’re the 21st century emperor with his new clothes You get a lot of love, cos you’re nature’s most endowed […]
Kuukua is one of the many talented writers who will be participating in AWDF and Alliance Francaise (Accra)’s book slam for International Women’s Day, 8th March. She will also be sharing her thoughts on writing, and providing insights into some of her experiences that has inspired her particular writing style. She characterizes herself as a […]
Monica Arac de Nyeko is a Ugandan writer. She was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African writing in 2004 for ‘Strange Fruit, winning the prize in 2007 for ‘Jambula Tree’ which was described by the chair of judges, Jamal Mahjoub, as “a witty and touching portrait of a community which is affected forever by a love […]