''Feminist Africa'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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that addresses

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

topics from an "African continental perspective". It is published by the

African Gender Institute The African Gender Institute (AGI) is a feminist research and teaching group that studies issues related to gender in Africa. It has become a department at the University of Cape Town (UCT), administered within the School of African and Gender St ...

(

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

). Its founding

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

Amina Mama Amina Mama (born 19 September 1958) is a Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic. Her main areas of focus have been post-colonial, militarist and gender issues. She has lived in Africa, Europe, and North America, and worked to build rela ...

(

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and

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). It was accredited in 2005 by the South African

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. 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.

Founding

According to Mama, the journal was created partly in response to a bias in existing scholarship towards the "

Women In Development Women in development is an approach of development projects that emerged in the 1960s, calling for treatment of women's issues in development projects. It is the integration of women into the global economies by improving their status and assisting ...

" (WID) perspective. Particular topics covered by the journal include: women's activism, sexism in higher education,

militarism Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values. It may also imply the glorification of the mili ...

and

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, and

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. 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 Iris Berger, née Brown (born 12 October 1941), is an American historian of Africa. Life and work Iris Brown Berger was born on 12 October 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Evanston Township High School and then received a B.A. with disti ...

has critiqued the journal (as an indicator of contemporary African feminism in general) for leaving out colonial and precolonial African women's history. ''Feminist Africa'' is the first "continental" African

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

journal. The journal publishes works by African scholars in America and discusses the situation of intellectuals across the

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. 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

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and

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."Acknowledgement of Funders"
''Feminist Africa'' website
, accessed 26 October 2012.

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