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''Feminist Africa'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that addresses feminist topics from an "African continental perspective". It is published by the African Gender Institute (University of Cape Town). Its founding editor-in-chief is Amina Mama (Mills College and University of California, Davis).〔"(Amina Mama )" on SSRC (Social Science Research Council), accessed 24 October 2012.〕 It was accredited in 2005 by the South African Department of Education. This allows authors publishing in the journal to collect publication subsidy.〔 The journal is primarily online but also distributes a small number of print copies.〔 According to Mama, the journal was created partly in response to a bias in existing scholarship towards the "Women In Development" (WID) perspective. Particular topics covered by the journal include: women's activism, sexism in higher education, militarism and peace, and gender-related violence.〔〔Sharon Groves, "News and Views", ''Feminist Studies'' 29(3), Fall 2003; accessed (via ProQuest ).〕 Patricia van der Spuy and Lindsay Clowes write that the publication of the journal marked an important step in the development of South African feminism. Iris Berger has critiqued the journal (as an indicator of contemporary African feminism in general) for leaving out colonial and precolonial African women's history.〔Iris Berger, "(Feminism, Patriarchy, and African Women’s History )", ''Journal of Women's History'' 20(2), Summer 2008, doi: (10.1353/jowh.0.0004 ).〕 ''Feminist Africa'' is the first "continental" African gender studies journal.〔Amina Mama, "(what does it mean to do feminist research in African contexts )?", Feminist Theory & Activism in Global Perspective: ''feminist review'' conference proceedings, 2011, DOI: 0141-7789/11.〕〔"(International Feminist Scholar Teams With U.S. Congresswoman Lee )", ''NewsBlaze'', 8 February 2008.〕 The journal publishes works by African scholars in America and discusses the situation of intellectuals across the African diaspora.〔Karen MacGregor, "(Out of Africa )", ''Times Higher Education'', 1 July 2005.〕〔See ''Feminist Africa'' 7, December 2007, particularly the editorial introduction by Rhoda Reddock: "The journal ''Feminist Africa'' has come an important voice for feminists and scholars within the continent, making a space for continental voices in a world dominated by voices from the North including those of diasporic women. The publication of this issue from within the continent and edited by a woman from the economic South is an important development which opens up new possibilities for South-South collaboration and debate within the African diaspora. But the diasporic experience is not limited to those of African descent and must include all those who share and inhabit these diasporic spaces. Many parts of the world are today becoming spaces of inter-locking diasporic communities for example from Asia, Africa, China, Europe and even the Middle East" (pp. 4-5).〕 These international contributors have raised the journal's profile but barred it from receiving Department of Education subsidies.〔 ''Feminist Africa'' does not receive funds from the University of Cape Town (although it is edited by salaried UCT workers) and relies on sponsorship by international donors—particularly the Ford Foundation and Hivos.〔〔"Acknowledgement of Funders", (''Feminist Africa'' website ), accessed 26 October 2012.〕 == See also == * African studies * ''African Identities'' * ''Agenda'' * ''Journal of African Cultural Studies'' * ''Journal of Southern African Studies'' * List of African studies journals 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feminist Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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