Queer in Africa

Queer in Africa forms an entry point for understanding the vulnerabilities of queer Africans as shaped by social, cultural and political processes, aiming to provide innovative insights about contentious disagreements over their lives

Zethu Matebeni is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Humanities at the University of Cape Town, South Africa Surya Monro is a Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Huddersfield, UK Vasu Reddy is Professor of Sociology and Dean, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

Introduction by Vasu Reddy, Surya Monro, and Zethu Matebeni The human and the non-human: African sexuality debates and symbolisms of transgression by Senayon Olaoluwa Creaturely lives and sexual exposure in African prison writing by Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi 'She who creates havoc is here': a queer bisexual reading of sexuality, dance and social critique in karmen geï by Cheryl Stobie Beyond identity: Queer affiliation and the politics of solidarity in Gordimer's None to Accompany Me and Duiker's The Quiet Violence of Dreams by Derrick Higginbotham 'Queer/white' in South Africa: A troubling oxymoron? By Jane Bennett Practices of non-heterosexual masculinities among MSM in Nigeria by Abisola Balogun and Paul Bissell Lesbian students in the academy: Invisible, assimilated or ignored? by Mary Hames Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) forced migrants and asylum seekers: multiple discriminations by Guillain Koko, Surya Monro and Kate Smith Experiences of transgender people in Swaziland by Velile Vilane