Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import. âLeftover colonial lawsâ against queerness are only partially responsible, said Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, a professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Georgia and author of the article, âDeconstructing homosexuality in Ghana.â In societies that were already homophobic before colonization, said Dr Mohammed, âthese colonial laws worked in tandem with homophobic societal norms.â American evangelicals also contribute to anti-queerness in Africa.
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This weekâs featured author is Emilio Amideo. Amideo is a research fellow in English language and translation atâŚ
The acknowledgement that France and the U.S. robbed Haiti of billions of dollars is long overdue. Yet the discussion is useless absent monetary reparation and the end of the control both thoseâŚ
White leftists have a history of using class reductionism to ignore racism and even of making common cause with white supremacy itself.
In this monthâs Afghanistan News Update, the Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Networkâs Afghanistan Committee includes an interview with Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer at the AmericanâŚ
Reproductive justice in the wake of SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, campaign to free Mumia Abu Jamal, and Frederick Douglass speech "What to the Slave is the 4th of July" read by Ossie Davis.
