Cross posted on the African Women’s Blog
The first Carnival of African Women will be held on the African Women’s Blog on Monday October 9th. The Carnival is open to everyone registered on the African Women’s Blogs Aggregator and is a selection of posts on articles of interest to African women.
To participate in the [...]
The African Women’s Reblog is the African women’s blogs aggregator.
If your blog is not already on the aggregator and you would like to be included on the list, please post your details here.
Crossposted on Global Voices Online and the African Women’s Blog
Black Looks has been given permission to publish the remarkable story of Stephanie Adaralegbe, a transgendered Nigerian, that highlights her trials and tribulations as she prepares to attend the XVI International AIDS Conference. As Black Looks says, ”the story speaks for itself. It is special because [...]
Cross posted on Global Voices
Now and again, the question ‘where are African women bloggers?’ is asked by people who, despite the proliferation of African women’s blogs and the weekly updates on Global Voices, do not seem to be aware that African women are blogging and have been doing so for several years.
For people such [...]
Cross posted on Global Voices Online
As diverse as ever, African women have been writing about a range of issues.
14 May was Mother’s Day in some parts of the world and African women honoured the important women in their lives.
Adaure congratulates all mothers and grandmothers and says her mother is the best anyone [...]
Cross posted on Global Voices Online
African women have been blogging about the important Kenyan Sexual Offences Bill which members of parliament are currently deliberating. The bill seeks seeks tougher penalties against rape and has been raising heated debate both within and outside the blogsphere.
On her blog Afrofeminsta has been providing updates on the [...]
Crossposted on Global Voices Online
Fleur writes about the harrowing case of 7 soldiers sentenced to life for rape and crime against humanity for the rape of 119 underage girls in Congo. The government of Congo has also admitted partial responsibility and financially compensated the family of the victims. Fleur says
….it sends an important and [...]
Cross posted on Global Voices Online
Virtual cartwheels are perhaps our only last recourse as apparently African women are (still) invisible.
Black Looks writes about an recent article in the Guardian where the founder of the Carnival of Feminists cannot find our blogs. In a post entitled Aint I a Woman???, Black Looks says:
That’s [...]
Cross posted from Mentalacrobatics
African blogging pioneers Mshairi and Sokari were interviewed for the Up All Night programme which aired on BBC Radio Five Live last night. They discussed a wide range of issues including; Africa and blogging, the challenges African women face in the blogosphere, as well as what they blog about on their own [...]