Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality

By notcheseditor January 5, 2016 African Sexualities, Religion and Sexuality 1 comment

Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.

Race, Class, and Sex Education in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa

By Sarah Emily Duff September 3, 2015 African Sexualities 0 comments

The purpose of sex education for most of the century was conservative.

Umutoni: Why Histories of African Homosexualities Matter

By sarahewatkins January 13, 2015 African Sexualities, LGBTQ 0 comments

Same-sex loving and desiring people have long existed in Africa, and will continue to do so.

Mau Mau, anti-colonialism and "female genital mutilation"

By Onni Gust November 20, 2014 African Sexualities 2 comments

Female genital mutilation and postcolonial struggles are in fact intimately and historically linked.

"Call me Kuchu": history, homophobia and the burden of the past

By Onni Gust February 7, 2014 African Sexualities, LGBTQ 0 comments

Sunday 26th January 2014 marked three years since the murder of David Kato.