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The just energy transition promises to address unemployment and poverty while reducing the carbon intensive nature of the energy system. However, this energy transition is complex and holds uncertainty and risk for many people, particularly communities and workers who depend on the coal value chain. This article adopts a feminist political economy lens to explore […]
This article outlines how language has been used to invisibilize women and their contributions to Kenya’s political struggle. By taking away the language and icons of freedom that show women as brave, courageous, satisfied and joyful, their thoughts cannot have structure and without structure, they cannot organise effectively and aspire to radically take political power. […]
This article outlines why feminists need to organize against the various forms of neoliberalism in Kenya manifesting in struggles such as limited access to agricultural land for marginalized demographics, funding for public childcare, de-privitization of (sexual and reproductive) health care, bolstering of the “informal sector” which is significantly occupied by women and gender minorities, and […]
This article outlines how cocoa farmers have endured the bitter reality of low wages, human rights abuses, structural poverty and exploitative working conditions, while the profits of the chocolate industry soar to new heights and the changes happening in the sector. Sweet Profits, Bitter Truth
Rama Salla Dieng reviews The Silent Monologue, 2008 by filmmaker Khady Sylla which amplifies the voices of and gives visibility to the domestic workers tending to the homes of Africa’s middle classes. https://africasacountry.com/2023/03/emancipation-that-costs-servitude
Rama Salla Dieng reviews Safi Faye’s 1976 film, ‘A Farmer’s Love Letter,’ which exposes the gap between the post-colonial state and the concerns of ordinary people https://africasacountry.com/2023/01/the-land-doesnt-lie