Transatlantic Feminisms

Cheryl Rodriguez is chair of the Department of Africana Studies and director of the Institute on Black Life at the University of South Florida. Dzodzi Tsikata is associate professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana.Akosua Adomako Ampofo is professor of African and gender studies and director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana.

This edited collection is the embodiment of ‘feminism without borders’ at its finest, as it explores commonalities and divergences in the lives of women of African descent, from Africa to the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This exciting book breaks new ground in reconceptualizing feminism in ways that go beyond Western and US Black feminist thought. It contributes to the diversity of global feminisms by articulating and theorizing new understandings of feminism based on the lived experiences and struggles of women in Africa and the African diaspora.

• Part 1. Feminist Politics and the Politics of “Black” FeminismsChapter 1: Feminist Organizing, Electoral Representation and Transformation in Africa, Lyn OssomeChapter 2: This Bridge Called the Internet: Black Lesbian Feminist Activism in Santo Domingo, Rachel Afi QuinnChapter 3: Fighting Shirley Chisholm: Discourses of Race and Gender in U.S. Politics, Yveline AlexisChapter 4: Academics and Praxis: Caribbean Feminisms, Lynn BollesChapter 5: Experiences in Transformative Feminist Movement Building at the Grassroots Level in Tanzania, Marjorie Mbilinyi and Gloria ShechamboPart 2. Women and the Multi-layered Textures of RepresentationChapter 6: Mucamas and Mulatas: Black Brazilian Feminisms, Representations, and Ethnography Erica L. WilliamsChapter 7: Feminists Perspectives in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi and Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta, Rose A. Sackeyfio, Chapter 8: Black Women and U.S. Pop Culture in the Postidentity Era: The Case of Beyoncé Knowles, Ma