Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance

Name: Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance
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ISBN: 9781780323817

ISBN-10: 1780323816

ISBN-13: 9781780323817

Edition: 2013

Authors: Marc Epprecht

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The persecution of people in Africa on the basis of their assumed or perceived homosexual orientation has received considerable coverage in the popular media in recent years. Gay-bashing by high political and religious figures in Zimbabwe and Gambia; draconian new laws against lesbians and gays and their supporters in Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda; the imprisonment and extortion of gay men in Senegal and Cameroon; and so-called corrective rapes of lesbians in South Africa have all rightly sparked international condemnation. However, much of the analysis thus far has been highly critical of African leadership and culture without considering local nuances, historical factors and external influences…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 7/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.06" wide x 7.81" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Marc Epprecht is associate professor in the departments of history and global development studies at Queen's University. He is the 2006 winner of the Canadian Association of African Studies Joel Gregory Prize for his book "Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa". In 2009 he won the Desmond Tutu Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Sexuality in Africa.



Acknowledgements



Introduction



Demystifying sexuality studies in Africa



Faiths



Sex and the state



Struggles and strategies



Conclusion


Notes


Works cited


Index