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Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial TimesAfrican Feminisms, Pan-Africanism, and Psychology

Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times: African Feminisms, Pan-Africanism, and Psychology [This chapter makes a case for a Pan-African feminist psychology by charting the ways in which patriarchal power has been entrenched through the formation of modern nation states by ignoring, silencing and erasing women’s participation in liberation struggles and the ways in which women have been ‘sold out’ through the formation of patriarchal nation states. Meanwhile, African feminists have been influential in continuing to challenge the ways in which political struggles and successes have been masculinist and limited. Contemporary feminist struggles that include challenging widespread gender inequities, violence, building solidarity with women in war-zones, working with women across diverse spectrums and building solidarities with gender non-conforming and queer communities are considered. This chapter highlights how their struggles have been decidedly Pan-African and decolonial in ideology and practice arguing for a Pan-African feminist psychology that incorporates the history and contemporary struggles and challenges of Pan-African feminist theorising and activism.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial TimesAfrican Feminisms, Pan-Africanism, and Psychology

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-89350-7
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79 –102
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10.1007/978-3-030-89351-4_4
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[This chapter makes a case for a Pan-African feminist psychology by charting the ways in which patriarchal power has been entrenched through the formation of modern nation states by ignoring, silencing and erasing women’s participation in liberation struggles and the ways in which women have been ‘sold out’ through the formation of patriarchal nation states. Meanwhile, African feminists have been influential in continuing to challenge the ways in which political struggles and successes have been masculinist and limited. Contemporary feminist struggles that include challenging widespread gender inequities, violence, building solidarity with women in war-zones, working with women across diverse spectrums and building solidarities with gender non-conforming and queer communities are considered. This chapter highlights how their struggles have been decidedly Pan-African and decolonial in ideology and practice arguing for a Pan-African feminist psychology that incorporates the history and contemporary struggles and challenges of Pan-African feminist theorising and activism.]

Published: Jan 1, 2022

Keywords: African feminism; Feminist psychology; Gender & sexuality; Gender & nationalism

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