Welcome!
The African Feminist Initiative (AFI) is a global and transnational platform where feminist scholars and activists engage in interdisciplinary collaborative knowledge production about Africa and its diaspora. It was formed in 2015 with the goal of raising awareness of the field of African Feminist studies and building partnerships among feminist scholars, activists, and institutions.
Our Strategic Goals
- Engage in interdisciplinary collaborative knowledge production with feminist scholars and activists both on the African continent and globally.
- Foster, promote, and publish cutting-edge research on African feminisms in high impact print and digital formats.
- Establish a robust scholarly community that facilitates high-level dialogue between African feminist scholars locally, transnationally and globally.
- Explore diasporic African feminist linkages and solidarities.
- Amplify and learn from the voices and experiences of African feminist scholars and activists.
- Increase awareness of African feminist issues through innovative programming at Penn State.
- Educate U.S.-based students about African feminisms through undergraduate and graduate-level curricula in partnership with relevant academic units.
- Encourage feminist activism that promotes social justice and equity, especially within the academy.
- Construct, maintain and make available a digital repository of African feminist research, teaching, and activist materials.
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