In this episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Queer African Reads, as they talk about:How they both don't understand how metrosexual became a thingHow people weaponize identity politics as a way of avoiding criticism and communityThe obliviousness behind queering the ballot in Kenya and how elite capture waters down movementsTheir fears of ever becoming wealthyand more! Notes: Both the host and interviewee chose their respective pseudonyms for their safety on the podcast.  Content warning for: discussion of sexual repression in Catholic schools ; mentions of weapons manufacturers involvement in the decimation of Black and Brown babies across the world.

In the second episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Being queer and being lower middle class; simultaneously a dependent of your family while being your family's hope for upwards social mobility due to being the first degree holder in generationsBalancing knowing that someone who loves you, and someone who loves you, doesn't love a part of you The pressure to get married by family and society, bringing people to your home to matchmake with no knowledge or consideration of your queerness or stance on marriageExperiences creating art with One Foot In The Closet and having to change pronouns or work under pseudonyms to create queer art Content warning for: Political leaders attacking queer people as a way to rally people; pastors with an anti-queer agenda and associating queerness with Satan; and being outed by a well-meaning person.

In the debut episode of One Foot In The Closet, our host Name Redacted, sits down with Nanseera, as they talk about: Catholicism, including: Catholic Schools, the hypocrisy of Catholicism, Catholic guilt, our respective childhood dreams of Nunhood and the Priesthood, and Queer witch hunts in Catholic SchoolsDiscovering atheism after leaving a hyper-religious environment The false narrative that Queerness is Un-AfricanThe perils of navigating dating apps and subtle ways of expressing queerness while keeping One Foot In The Closet. 

An introduction to the podcast series „Feminist Knowledge and Practices“ produced by the „House of African Feminisms“ in cooperation with different female contributors from the African continent.

In this first episode of the House of African Feminisms podcast, Edwige Dro chats with Ivorian feminist, Désirée Dénéo, General Secretary of La Ligue – The Ivorian League of Ivorian Feminists. Did you know that it was only in 1983 that Ivorian women could get a bank account in their name, and even then, only a savings account, and that, with their husbands’ permission? And what about the everyday sexism so entrenched in Ivorian society? Listen to the podcast, in French, or read the transcript in English on our website: https://houseofafricanfeminisms.org

Francoise and Nana have an informal conversation as friends about how they came to feminism and how they discovered African Feminist Literature. They discuss their favourite African Feminist writers and books and delve into what they consider feminist writing.

This episode is about belief systems, spirituality, and feminism. Dr. Serawit Bekele discusses from her own studies womens place in African Spirituality introducing concepts such as Halagga and Tumsa identifying that feminism or atleast feminist practices have existed in indigenous cultures and are not a Western phenomenon. The podcast is recorded in Amharic but an English transcript is available on our website: https://houseofafricanfeminisms.org

In this episode entitled, My ovaries, my decision, Withney Sabino, founder of Mañas, the first Mozambican social and feminist magazine, chats with Graça Samo, the International Secretary of The World´s Women March. A free-flowing conversation around body autonomy and how even a piece of clothing, the capulana, was a symbol of power. We won’t tell you more but will leave you to listen. The conversation is held in Portuguese, but you can read the full transcript in English on our website: https://houseofafricanfeminisms.org