By Maame Akua Marfo In an empty classroom on the University Of Ghana’s Legon Campus, eight students are talking. It’s the kind of exchange one would expect on what is arguably the nation’s premier university, but the topic is far from their daily classroom discussions. The topic is their life. For International Women’s day this […]
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 […]
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, AWDF is pleased to release ‘African Woman’. ‘African woman’ is performed by Lady Jay Wah of Pidgen Music, and the version below features the talented musician Sena Dagadu. All royalties from this song have been donated by the artists and Pidgen Music to AWDF’s thematic area of ‘Arts, […]
“What’s the point in celebrating International Women’s Day?” a journalist asked me earlier today. “If there was no point in celebrating International Women’s Day would you be interviewing me?” was my instinctive response. It’s easy to ‘rubbish’ events like International Women’s Day but in my opinion marking such occasions (as well as the other occasions […]
This post is inspired by the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. There are quite a few IWD lists being published today, throughout the world. At AWDF, we canvassed our team and came up with our own list of 50 inspirational African feminists. We know that there are far, far more women than we could […]