Review
Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction, Karin Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, (Eds.) : book review
Gender Questions, Vol.3(1), pp.133-136
01/01/2015
Abstract
Queer Africa is a collection of 'unapologetic' stories that present the challenges people face in expressing their sexualities in patriarchal African societies. Today, the majority of African countries criminalise same-sex intimacy, and still subject women to oppression by men. These well-written stories show the extent to which people go to express their sexual desires, even in the context of strict discrimination and condemnation. It is noteworthy that the dominant discourses in Africa suggest that same-sex intimacy is un-African, and that sexuality in Africa is largely a heterosexual phenomenon. The following analysis of stories from different African countries not only shows that same-sex intimacy is African, but also that sexual desires (whether same-sex or heterosexual) are innate, and people can only express them when their socio-political context allows such relationships.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction, Karin Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, (Eds.) : book review
- Creators
- Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo
- Resource Type
- Review
- Publication Details
- Gender Questions, Vol.3(1), pp.133-136
- Publisher
- UNISA Press
- ISSN
- 2309-9704
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984274662902771
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