House of African Feminisms: Feminist Practices and Knowledge

Épisodes

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  Leaving No One Behind - Conversations 23.06.2026 23min

  In this final conversation in the series, Françoise Moudouthe, founder of Eyala, a bilingual platform that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of African feminists and provides them with learning and solidarity spaces talks with Edwige Dro about setting up spaces, the need for knowledge production to amplify African voices, the relevance of intimate lives as a political tool, and sisterhood. 
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  Leaving No One Behind - The Diary of a Black Feminist 23.06.2026 21min

  In this third episode Edwige Dro talks with  Axelle Jah Njiké , pagan feminist and author of Journal intime d'une féministe (noire) published by Editions du diable Vauvert in 2022. Edwige and Axelle discuss transmission and issues relating to intimacy, feminism and identity.    Axella child. Born in Cameroon and brought to France as a child, she was named by Le Monde as one of the n e Jah Njiké is the author of Journal intime d'une féministe (noire), published by Au Diable Vauvert in 2022, in which she recounts a life experience that is unusual in the French literary landscape: that of an Afropean girl, woman, citizen turned mother, who suffered sexual and educational violence as ew faces of feminism. Axelle is also a podcaster, documentary filmmaker and playwright. Defining herself as a Pagan feminist, her work explores transmission and questions linked to intimacy, feminism and identity. For her artistic and literary creations and her contribution to the promotion of the arts and literature in France and around the world, she was named Chevaleresse de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2022. 
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  Leaving No One Behind - African Women In The Digital Space 23.06.2026 27min

  In this third episode taped on Africa Women's Day 2024 Edwige Dro was joined by Dr Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, assistant professor at Cornell University and a feminist activist-scholar to discuss African Women in the Digital Space. Dr Wunpini who was born and raised in Tamale Ghana is co-editor of the book “African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora” (2023). Her research which focuses on feminisms, social movements, decolonization and media have appeared in various scholarly journals. She has worked as a journalist in Ghana for several years and some of her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and The Guardian. 
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  Leaving No One Behind - The Other Language of Women 23.06.2026 24min

  In this second conversation in the “ Leaving No One Behind” series, Edwige Dro sits down with Leonora Miano novelist, playwright and essayist to discuss intersectionality. Edwige and Leonora talk about " L'autre langue des femmes" (The Other Language of Women), Leonora Miano's essay published in 2021 by Grasset .   Born in Douala (Cameroon) in 1973, Léonora Miano is a leading figure in French-language literature. A novelist, playwright and essayist, she is the author of around twenty books. Her work explores the sub-Saharan and Afro-descendant experiences, whether singular and universal. Léonora Miano was awarded the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2006 for Contours du jour qui vient (Plon), the Prix Seligmann against racisme in 2012 for Écrits pour la parole (L'Arche), the Prix Fémina and the Grand Prix du roman métis in 2013 for La saison de l'ombre (Grasset). In 2020, the Université de Lorraine, in collaboration with the University of the Grande Région , which brings together 6 European universities, is creating the Prix Frontières - Léonora Miano; prize in tribute to her writings and commitments. In 2024, she received the Words for Change Prize at the Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal. Léonora Miano helms the Quilombola collection at Seagull Books, an independent publisher based in India, and is the founder of The Quilombo Publishing house in Lomé, where she lives. A performance artist, Léonora Miano combines music and literature in her plays. 
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  Leaving No One Behind - Locating Strongwoman 23.06.2026 28min

  In this first conversation, Tolu Agbelusi and Edwige Dro discuss Tolu's book of poetry: Locating Strongwoman. The book reflects on “the embodiment of the fact that strength can and most often does exist in ordinary living, away from a podium, or the fabricated perfection that is sold to us as womanhood. The poems speak to unperformed living, the joy and the searching, the falling and the failing, the silence as language, the learning and the unlearning of our conditioning, and the triumph of inhabiting everything that we are without apology as the ultimate.” 
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  The Gathering Podcast - Polycrisis and Feminist Responses Part 2 07.04.2026 1h 5min

  In the second half of the conversation on African Feminisms and Polycrisis, Marilyn Kamuru and Brenda Wambui delve deeper into the embodiment of polycrisis and how it lives in the bodies of African women. They discuss how African women in particular can fight back against prevailing paradigms that create and perpetuate polycrisis, as well as the role of non-governmental bodies/NGOs in this fight. They offer a compassionate critique on the traditional structures within movements, such as NGOs, as well as how these structures can be reimagined to be more accountable to movements.
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  The Gathering Podcast - Feminist Rituals of Healing and Community 15.12.2025 1h 16min

  This third episode in The Gathering series looks at the essential role of feminism and feminist principles in healing and community building. Specifically, it emphasizes the importance of ritual, ceremony, and the physical act of gathering in safe spaces as core methods for healing. 
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  The Gathering Podcast - Polycrisis and Feminist Responses 15.12.2025 1h 4min

  In the first half of the conversation on African Feminisms and Polycrisis, Marilyn Kamuru and Brenda Wambui introduce the dimensions of polycrisis, the history of the term, and its implications on African women in particular. They discuss the role of the State, whose role tends to be invisibilised despite its perpetuation of polycrisis through either action or inaction. They also discuss critique on the framing of polycrisis, and introduce the ways in which African women, and the wider African and Global South population, can combat polycrisis and the despair it comes with.
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  The Gathering Podcast - An unpacking of African Feminisms and Allyship 15.12.2025 54min

  The first series in The Gathering podcast series looks at the role of men in African Feminist Movements 
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 7 : Abashese Azinee 15.07.2025 42min

  In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Abashese Azinee, as they talk about:How queer spaces on the continent feel like a hugHow splitting oneself and being whoever they're allowed to be, instead of who they truly were, affects them over time? How African feminist Twitter spaces saved their lives and more! Content warning for: alcoholism [17.24 - 22.00]
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 6 Double Dealer Part2 15.07.2025 46min

  In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Double Dealer, as they talk about:Blurred lines between sex and loveWhy we need more queer representation in children's books, shows, and moviesExistential questions on whether or not gender is realNavigating a homophobic family and more! Content warning for: Predators [10.50 - 16.53], bullying
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 5 : Double Dealer 15.07.2025 42min

  In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Double Dealer, as they talk about:Icebreakers Double Dealer uses to gauge if someone is queer positive or notBi-phobia, especially among queer peopleHow heteronormativity in queerness affects queer Africans and more!Content warning for: sexual assault [32.00 - 37.25]
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 4 : Queer African Reads Part 2 15.07.2025 48min

  In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Queer African Reads, as they talk about:The erasure of queer African histories and the myth of queerness being Un-AfricanThe privilege of pronounsBeing a Bookstagrammer and reading recommendations on queer African histories and queer fictionHow to respond when someone comes out to you and more!  Content warning for: discussion of the safety concerns when coming out to people; being outed by someone or company policy forcing you to either misgender yourself or out yourself; the danger of being out and trans on the African continent; how a common response to coming out “we already knew” can be hurtful.
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 3 : Queer African Reads, Part1 14.08.2024 44min

  In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Queer African Reads, as they talk about:How they both don't understand how metrosexual became a thingHow people weaponize identity politics as a way of avoiding criticism and communityThe obliviousness behind queering the ballot in Kenya and how elite capture waters down movementsTheir fears of ever becoming wealthyand more! Notes: Both the host and interviewee chose their respective pseudonyms for their safety on the podcast.  Content warning for: discussion of sexual repression in Catholic schools ; mentions of weapons manufacturers involvement in the decimation of Black and Brown babies across the world.
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 2: Nanseera, Part 2 31.07.2024 41min

  In the second episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Being queer and being lower middle class; simultaneously a dependent of your family while being your family's hope for upwards social mobility due to being the first degree holder in generationsBalancing knowing that someone who loves you, and someone who loves you, doesn't love a part of you The pressure to get married by family and society, bringing people to your home to matchmake with no knowledge or consideration of your queerness or stance on marriageExperiences creating art with One Foot In The Closet and having to change pronouns or work under pseudonyms to create queer art Content warning for: Political leaders attacking queer people as a way to rally people; pastors with an anti-queer agenda and associating queerness with Satan; and being outed by a well-meaning person.
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  One Foot In The Closet - Episode 1 : Nanseera, Part 1 17.07.2024 40min

  In the debut episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Catholicism, including: Catholic Schools, the hypocrisy of Catholicism, Catholic guilt, our respective childhood dreams of Nunhood and the Priesthood, and Queer witch hunts in Catholic SchoolsDiscovering atheism after leaving a hyper-religious environment The false narrative that Queerness is Un-AfricanThe perils of navigating dating apps and subtle ways of expressing queerness while keeping One Foot In The Closet.   This episode contains brief loud bird calls due to the recording environment. Content warning for: Mentions of Catholic school queerphobia, prohibitions and punishment. Mention of heterosexual girls wrongfully thinking queer girls want to rape them. 
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  One Foot In The Closet - Intro 09.07.2024 6min

  In this third offering from the House of African Feminisms in conjunction with Name Redacted they discuss being queer on the continent and the phenomenon of "coming out". In the season 1 premiere of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, explains what One Foot In The Closet is; giving definitions for terms that folks might be unfamiliar with. They explain: the safety measures used for themselves and their guests; their reasoning behind the majority of episodes being 2-part episodes; the content warnings in the show notes which should be read before listening to an episode; and the impetus of One Foot In The Closet. Name Redacted concludes by reiterating that the podcast is a team effort and giving everyone on the team their due praise and credit; and a note to listeners on how to support and engage with the podcast.   
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  Gender Justice - Episode 5 : A General Perspective 12.10.2023 23min

  In episode five of our Gender Justice series, Zippy Okoth and Queenter Mbori explore Gender Justice from the perspective of Dr. Zippy Okoth’s personal life.    
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  Gender Justice - Episode 4 : A Historical Context 04.10.2023 33min

  In episode four of our Gender Justice series, Mulenga Kapwepwe and Samba Yonga explore the history of Gender Justice fom a Zambian historical perspective.     
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  Gender Justice - Episode 3 : Gender Justice and Unequal Pay Part 2 28.09.2023 24min

  In episode three of our Gender Justice series, Sandrine Mignonne Iradukunda and Uwera Rutamu Fabiola explore Gender Justice particularly unequal pay from a Rwandan perspective.