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With penetrating alacrity, African Feminist Praxis skillfully spans the continent to illuminate women’s transformative agency spurred by structural gender injustice. Horn succinctly re-centers Black feminists into the global narrative of decolonial liberation praxis. This rich and multilayered book leaves no doubt about the power and epistemic labour of African feminists in shaping the course of history. -- Dr. Sylvia Tamale Jessica Horn′s rendering of the complex landscapes of African feminist energies as archive, politico-legal recalibration, imaginative experiment and visionary life-worlds is a superlative offering. Written in love and fire, African Feminist Praxis is meticulous and visionary. -- Dr. Pumla Dineo Gqola

With penetrating alacrity, African Feminist Praxis skillfully spans the continent to illuminate women’s transformative agency spurred by structural gender injustice. Horn succinctly re-centers Black feminists into the global narrative of decolonial liberation praxis. This rich and multilayered book leaves no doubt about the power and epistemic labour of African feminists in shaping the course of history. -- Dr. Sylvia Tamale Jessica Horn′s rendering of the complex landscapes of African feminist energies as archive, politico-legal recalibration, imaginative experiment and visionary life-worlds is a superlative offering. Written in love and fire, African Feminist Praxis is meticulous and visionary. -- Dr. Pumla Dineo Gqola Jessica Horn′s African Feminist Praxis is a ground-breaking and visionary work that weaves together decades of African feminist thought, activism, and rebellious spirit. For those who lived through these pivotal moments and for those seeking to trace the powerful lineage of African feminisms, this volume stands as an essential, bold, and inspiring testament and an indispensable contribution to feminist scholarship. -- Bibi Bakare-Yusuf

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Jessica Horn is a feminist writer and inter-disciplinary practitioner. Grounded in work around body politics she has spent over two decades bridging policy, resourcing, research, organising and creative production for transformative feminist change in Africa and globally. A thought leader in the social justice field, Jessica′s research and analysis has been published in a range of academic, media and popular platforms. She pioneered the first regional African feminist futures initiative while at the African Women’s Development Fund and is the author of the Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Social Movements (BRIDGE/Institute for Development Studies). Jessica is a founding member of the African Feminist Forum and served on The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya. www.stillsherises.com 

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