by Serdzhan Ibryam Hasan
Melibea Obono’s novel, La Bastarda (2016), centres on Okomo, a young Fang woman whose lesbian identity is suppressed by the heteropatriarchal norms that pervade family and communal life in Equatorial Guinea.
Tag: colonial history
Reflections of a Feminist – International Women’s Day 2023
By Elna Schmidt I am resisting the urge to begin with a quote by Virginia Woolf. It seems too cliché to start writing an article in a university magazine concerned with gender equality, feminism and diversity in this way. And yet, I could not help but think of “A Room of One’s Own” when entering Theaterzaal C of the Elinor Ostrom building at Radboud University, one of the only buildings on our huge campus named after a woman. The sight of a room full of women taking up space always is a sight for sore eyes…
The Colonial Legacy in France’s Citizenship Dilemma
by Roisin Moreau France’s history and the daily experiences of French people of colour (a primary example described above) proves that this fetishization of citizenship does not play out on an even playing field for many of its subjects. In reality, many ethnic minorities experience a lack of social acceptance, and are denied “cultural citizenship” (Rosaldo, 1994), proving that identity papers are not always sufficient.
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