African studies keywords: Queer
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Date
2023
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Cambridge University Press
Abstract
�Queer� is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African
studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities
of sexuality and gender, but also for situating Africa�s position in the larger
economy of knowledge. Otu and van Klinken explore the productive tensions
between �queer� and �Africa,� and aim to read Africa as queer and to read queer
from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining Africa and queer as polar opposites, the
authors seek to harness the critical, productive, and creative affinities between these
two terms that are vital for the project of decolonizing and queering queer Africa.
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Religion, Africa, Gender studies, Sexuality, LGBT+
Citation
Otu, K. E., & van Klinken, A. (2023). African studies keywords: Queer. African Studies Review, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.163