African feminist politics of knowledge
Subtitle: tensions, challenges, possibilities
By: edited by Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Signe Arnfred
Contributors: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9789171066626
Subjects: Women scholars; Feminist theory
Notes: "© The authors and Nordiska Afrikainstitutet 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents:; title: Introduction: Feminist Politics of Knowledge / Signe Arnfred and Akosua Adomako Ampofo; title: Chapter 1. One Who has Truth - She has Strength: The Feminist Activist Inside and Outside the Academy in Ghana / Akosua Adomako Ampofo; title: Chapter 2. Connections to Research: The Southern African Network of Higher Education Institutions Challenging Sexual Harassment/Sexual Violence / Jane Bennett; title: Chapter 3. Reflections of a Feminist Scholar-Activist in Nigeria / Charmaine Pereira; title: Chapter 4. Advocacy for Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Africa: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Adetoun Ilumoka; title: Chapter 5. Critical Feminism in Mozambique: Situated in the Context of our Experience as Women, Academics and Activists / Isabel Maria Casimiro and Ximena Andrade; title: Chapter 6. Disappearing Dodos?: Reflections on Women and Academic Freedom Based on Experiences in Ghana and the United States / Nancy Lundgren and Mansah Prah; title: Chapter 7. Doing Women's Studies: Problems and Prospects for Researchers and Activists in Nigeria / Nkoli N Ezumah; title: Chapter 7. Discursive Challenges for African Feminisms / Desiree Lewis; title: Contributors; title: Index