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Gendered Dimensions of Deneocoloniality

In: Socioeconomics, Philosophy, and Deneocoloniality

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  • Adebimpe Desire Fashina

    (Technical University of Mombasa)

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The major argument in this chapter is that comprehensive decolonization in Africa requires the simultaneous demolition of patriarchal structures and ideologies. The chapter acknowledges the desire for freedom and independence within anti-colonial nationalist movements and also emphasizes the need to address the exclusion of women’s perspectives, goals, and contributions and the perpetuation of male-dominated concepts of power and identity. This chapter examines three case studies using deneocolonial and feminist theoretical frameworks vis-à-vis (1) women’s involvement in anti-colonial movements, (2) gender politics in postcolonial African nations, and (3) African feminists’ current efforts to deneocolonize. An intersectional approach that recognizes and addresses multiple oppressive systems is essential to demonstrating the complex interactions among gender, nationalism, and deneocolonization. To bring about a significant change in deneocolonial nationalism, patriarchal systems and organizations must be confronted and questioned, women’s leadership and agency must be prioritized, and alternative solutions must be envisioned. Various aspects of African deneocoloniality, past and present, are examined in terms of their gendered contradictions and opportunities. As a whole, the chapter strives to advance emancipatory African futures beyond the influence of neocolonialism.

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  • Adebimpe Desire Fashina, 2025. "Gendered Dimensions of Deneocoloniality," Springer Books, in: Abdul Karim Bangura (ed.), Socioeconomics, Philosophy, and Deneocoloniality, chapter 0, pages 299-315, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-94374-4_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-94374-4_15
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