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.
Prison officials across the country are apoplectic over inmate access to cell phones, partly because âit allows people that are incarcerated to serve as reporters, to broadcast firsthand what they
The Black Panther Party âsaw the world through a lens of global justice,â said Robyn Spencer, author of the new book, The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender and the Black
The Womenâs March on the Pentagon, scheduled for October 20 and 21, âis an important part of âAnti-war Autumnââ activities, said Ajamu Baraka, director of the Black Alliance for Pe
The Manufactured McCain and the Real McCain
The biggest obstacle to Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination in 2020 is Kamala Harris, the corporate, anti-Black prosecutor. But Black voters are now in Bernieâs camp.
