Special Issue
Africana Queer Politics and Social Justice
Vol. 2 | No. 2 | Fall 2024
Introduction to the Africana Queer Politics and Social Justice Special Issue
Shameka Nicole Cathey and Jerome Hunt
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Sensing Difference Otherwise: Seniority and the Sensorial
Constitution of Gender in (Post)colonial Ghana
Godfried Asante, Lore/tta LeMaster, and Angel Maxine
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The Effect of LGBTQ+ Criminalization and Structural Stigma on Public Health Outcomes in Africa: A Perspective on Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria
Benmun Damul and Hazel Carolyne King
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Black Sapphic Love Lessons: An Exploration of Audre Lorde’s Theory of the Erotic
SavySavz Elahian
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Fated Portrayals of Black Non-Monogamy (and Their Harmful Consequences)
Justin Clardy
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Reverberations of a Black (Queer) Woman’s Gaze in the Art of Mickalene Thomas and Deana Lawson
Glynnis Reed-Conway
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The Power of a Narrative: Black Sapphic Relationships in Mainstream Television and Film
Monique Gamble
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Strands of Acceptance: The Impact of Societal Norms and Hair Biases on Black LGBTQ Women
Gabrielle Smith
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Interviews
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Knowing our African and Queer Home: A Conversation about Afrocentricity and Black Queer Studies
Jennifer Williams and Matthew Simmons
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My Story, My Truth: An LGBTQ Individual's Journey of Navigating Two Cultures
Maryam Abdallah and Christiana Afotey
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Book Review
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The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya
Hannah Borenstein
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