Senegal’s theater of morality
As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens.
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Rama Salla Dieng
Dr. Rama Salla Dieng is a political scientist and African feminist scholar whose research focuses on democratic governance, feminist movements, racial capitalism, and political economy in Senegal and Francophone Africa. She is the 2025 laureate of the Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research.
Whose land is it anyway?
What contestations over land in urban Senegal tell us about political economy in the post-colony.
The empire of words
The fiction of Senegalese writer and filmmaker Khady Sylla not only used speech to create worlds and ways of being in the world, but used speech as a world and a character in its own right.
Emancipation that costs servitude
Filmmaker Khady Sylla amplifies the voices of and gives visibility to the domestic workers tending to the homes of Africa’s middle classes.
The land doesn’t lie
Safi Faye’s 1976 film, ‘A Farmer’s Love Letter,’ exposes the gap between the post-colonial state and the concerns of ordinary people.
The labor of land
In order to better resist contemporary, neocolonial accumulation, we need to historicize land grabs in Africa.
Take the soul from everyone, and the liberty of all
The treatment of victims of rape and sexual violence in Senegal, a country in which the bodies of women have always been an arena for political battles.
Feminists organizing offline in Africa
On the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) based in Kenya.
Feminism, religion and culture in Senegal
Islam is interpreted to establish the dominance of men, and this male supremacy is at the root of all our problems.
Teaching as grassroots feminist militantism
Teacher, journalist, and photographer, Ndeye Seck, talks about feminism and her teaching practice, the Senegalese education system and her passion for football.
The other Afropolitans
What it means to be a man and a feminist.
Transnational African feminisms
What roles have francophone African women played in movements for pan-African liberation, historically and now?
The bedroom adventures of African women
Talking to other African women about sexual experiences, desires, and fantasies without feeling judged.
Feminist organizing on digital platforms
The coverage of African women in the mainstream media continues to be lacking and often times problematic. The website, African Feminism, wants to change that.
Being a feminist is a journey
Afro-feminism does not make enough of an effort to connect with the African feminist movement, argues the founder of Eyala.
Reclaiming digital platforms for African feminists
The Hub of Loving Action in Africa (HOLAA), promotes conversations about African experiences with sex and sexuality.
Women’s political consciousness in Senegal
Rama Salla Dieng talks with a British literature scholar on literary activism in French.
Talking back: African feminisms in dialogue
How young, African feminist scholars are using their life experiences as sources and resources for theorizing their feminism.