Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import. “Leftover colonial laws” 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, “Deconstructing homosexuality in Ghana.” In societies that were already homophobic before colonization, said Dr Mohammed, “these colonial laws worked in tandem with homophobic societal norms.” American evangelicals also contribute to anti-queerness in Africa.
The Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP), a New York City-based policy analysis and advocacy organization, recently released
Organizers vow to continue the fight for housing on the heels of these tremendous victories.
France has the largest foreign armed force in Africa, with more soldiers on the continent than the US Africa Command.
These neo-colonial regimes are covertly and overtly facilitating the US Empire’s encirclement of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
More than a decade of blatant lies and slander have promoted the false belief that Julian Assange is guilty of some criminal offense.
