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Feminist Africa Feministvolume 2, Issue 1 Africa• 2021 Volume 2 Issue 1 | 2020 Feminist Africa FeministVolume 2, Issue 1 Africa• 2021 Volume 2 Issue 1 | 2020 Extractivism | Resistance | Alternatives Extractivism | Resistance | Alternatives Feminist Africa is Africa’s peer-reviewed journal of feminism, gender and women’s studies, produced by and for the transnational community of feminist scholars. It provides a platform for intellectual and activist research, dialogue and strategy. Feminist Africa attends to the complex and diverse dynamics of creativity and resistance that have emerged in post-colonial Africa, and the manner in which these are shaped by the shifting global, geopolitical configurations of power. It is currently based at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra. The e-version of this journal is available free on Feminist Africa’s open-access website: https://feministafrica.net/ Feminist Africa 2021, Volume 2, Issue 1 Extractivism, Resistance, Alternatives First published in April 2021 by the Institute of African Studies University of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Complex Anne Jiagge Road P.O. Box LG 73 Legon, Accra Ghana. © in published edition: Institute of African Studies University of Ghana Ghana, 2021 ISSN: 1726-4596 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without permission in writing from the publisher. FA is published with the support of AWDF, Ford Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Open Society Initiative for East Africa. Typesetting and Printing: University of Ghana Press Cover design: Eibhlín Ní Chléirigh Cover photograph: Artisanal Gold Miners, Poura, Burkina Faso Cover photograph editorial credit: Gilles Paire/shutterstock.com · ii · Feminist Africa 2 (1) Editorial Policy Feminist Africa is guided by a profound commitment to transforming gender hierarchies in Africa and seeks to redress injustice and inequality in its content and design, and by its open-access and continentally-targeted distribution strategy. Feminist Africa targets gender researchers, students, educators, women’s organisations and feminist activists throughout Africa. It works to develop a feminist intellectual community by promoting and enhancing African women’s intellectual work. To overcome the access and distribution challenges facing conventional academic publications, Feminist Africa uses the internet as a key tool for knowledge-sharing and communication, while making hard copies available to those based at African institutions. Two issues are produced per annum, in accordance with themes specified in the calls for contributions. The editorial team can be contacted at [email protected] and general enquiries sent to info@ feministafrica.net Acknowledgements The Feminist Africa Editors and Editorial Team acknowledge the intellectual input of the community of African feminist scholars and the Editorial Advisory Board. Disclaimer The views expressed by contributors to Feminist Africa are not necessarily those of the Editors, Editorial Advisory Board, the Institute of African Studies, or our partners. While every reasonable effort is made to check factual accuracy in published material, the contributors are ultimately responsible for verifying claims made in their writings. Neither Feminist Africa nor the Institute of African Studies will be responsible for errors or inaccuracies in contributions. Editorial Community Editors Amina Mama, Dzodzi Tsikata, Charmaine Pereira, Sylvia Tamale, Hope Chigudu. Editorial Team Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Akosua Kesseboa Darkwah, Edwina Ashie-Nikoi, Simidele Dosekun, Títílope F. Ajàyí, Abena Kyere, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey. FA Volume 2 Issue 1 Editors Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata. Copy editor Ama Derban Proofreader Títílope F. Ajàyí Editorial Advisory Board Abosede George, Barnard College-Columbia University, USA Adelle Blackett, McGill University, Canada Aisha Fofana Ibrahim, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Akua O. Britwum, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Amanda Gouws, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Angela Yvonne Davis, Independent Scholar and Activist, USA Carole Boyce-Davies, Cornell University, USA Cheryl Rodriguez, University of South Florida, USA Feminist Africa 2 (1) · iii · Dede Esi Amanor-Wilks, Institute of Economic Affairs, Ghana Desiree Lewis, University of Western Cape, South Africa Everjoice Win, Independent Writer and Activist, Zimbabwe Hakima Abbas, Independent Feminist Thinker, Cabo Verde Halimah DeShong, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Hilda Tadria, Cofounder and Board member of AWDF, Uganda Irene Agunloye, University of Jos, Nigeria Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States Jean Allman, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University, Uganda Marilyn Ossome, Institute for Economic Justice, South Africa Marjorie Mbilinyi, Tanzania Gender Networking Programme and HakiElimu, Tanzania Merle Bowen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Nakanyike Musisi, University of Toronto, Canada Peace Medie, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Rhoda Reddock, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Ruth Meena, Institute of Creative Knowledge and Innovative Skill (RIDA), Tanzania Salem Mekuria, Wellesley College, USA Selina Makana, University of Memphis, USA Sharon Adetutu Omotoso, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Shereen Essof, JASS (Just Associates), USA Shireen Hassim, Carleton University, Canada Sokari Ekine, Photographer independent scholar and activist, New Orleans, USA Takyiwaa Manuh, University of Ghana, Ghana Teresa Ann Barnes, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira, University of Nairobi, Kenya Zenebeworke Tadesse, Independent Scholar, Ethiopia Manuscript Submissions Feminist Africa has a submissions policy determined by its focus on continental feminist studies and activism. Periodic calls for contributions along particular themes guide submissions. All contributions must register the centrality of feminist politics and critical gender analysis to past, present and ongoing processes of social, political and cultural change in Africa. We regret that we cannot respond to all unsolicited submissions. Please submit contributions electronically to [email protected] We regret that we do not currently have the editorial capacity to consider contributions in languages other than English. All submissions to Feminist Africa must use the house style sheet and should not include graphics. Feature articles should not exceed 6500 words. Other contributions should not exceed 2000 words. Editorial Procedure Contributions submitted to Feminist Africa are considered by the Editorial Team. Feature articles will be subjected to blind peer-review by readers with expertise in relevant areas. Editorial discretion in relation to submitted work resides with the FA Editors and the Editorial Team. Copyright and Reproduction The authors and artists hold individual copyright. Overall copyright is held by the Institute of African Studies. Material, artwork extracts and articles from Feminist Africa may not be reproduced in any form of print or electronic publication without the permission of the Editors, who can be contacted at [email protected] We ask that requests for permission to reproduce material kindly wait until one calendar year after first online publication inFeminist Africa and acknowledge FA as the original, open-access source. Distribution FA Community, IAS, University Libraries Feminist Africa 2 (1) · v · Contents Editorial: Extractivism, Resistance, Alternatives — by Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata 1 Feature articles Contextualising Extractivism in Africa — by Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata 14 Reclaiming Our Land and Labour: Women’s Resistance to Extractivist Agriculture in South-eastern Ghana — by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey 49 “Cinderellas” of Our Mozambique Wish to Speak: A Feminist Perspective on Extractivism — by Teresa Cunha and Isabel Casimiro 71 “Walking into Slavery with Our Eyes Open” – the Space for Resisting Genetically Modified Crops in Nigeria — by Charmaine Pereira 99 Standpoint Towards Building Feminist Economies of Life — by Donna Andrews 126 Tribute For M.O. and the Legacy She Left Us: A Tribute to Professor ‘Molara Ogundipe — by Adedoyin Aguoru 134 · vi · Feminist Africa 2 (1) Profiles WoMin – the Journey from Research Initiative to an African Ecofeminist Alliance — by Margaret Mapondera and Samantha Hargreaves 139 Global Rights – Gender on Extractive Agendas — by Abiodun Baiyewu 151 In Conversation Feminist Solidarity in Resistance to Extractivism and the Construction of Alternatives – Charmaine Pereira speaks with Marianna Fernandes and Nzira de Deus 160 Reviews Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South: The Politics of Domestic Violence Policy by Sohela Nazneen, Sam Hickey, Eleni Sifaki, eds. — by Shireen Hassim 172 Women and the War on Boko Haram: Wives, Weapons, Witnesses by Hilary Matfess — by Títílope F. Ajàyí 177 Contributors 182 Editorial · 1 · Extractivism, Resistance, Alternatives Charmaine Pereira and Dzodzi Tsikata This issue of Feminist Africa marks the successful transition of the journal from its birthplace, the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, across the continent to the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Accra. After a three-year gap, Feminist Africa has emerged with a new institutional host, a new editorial structure
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