Over and over we get asked the question: Why men? Few people realize that it is possible to be male, a feminist, an African and to recognize that men as men should be a serious object of inquiry. Not because men means human, as earlier feminists have taught us but that feminism itself has changed. Here are 12 leading thinkers working in Africa, in alphabetical order, who consider masculinities a critical object of study. You should invite them to your corner if you want to know why investigate African men.
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| Mbuyiselo Botha |
1 Mbuyiselo Botha
2 Lindsay Clowes
3 Malose Langa
4 Anne Mager
5 Nyameka Mankayi
6 Sakhumzi Mfecane
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| Anne Mager |
7 Robert Morrell
8 Dean Peacock
9 Kopano Ratele
10 Graeme Reid
11 Tammy Shefer
12 Thembisa Waetjen
Of course this isn’t an exhaustive list. But it is pretty close. There may be others whose work you believe belongs alongside these thinkers. Tell us.
You will notice something peculiar about the list. Almost all of these people are based in South Africa, which is open to several interpretations.
Above all though, it is concerning. How can it be that there are no thinkers working in the rest of Africa who consider men’s genders as worthy of critical intellectual attention? And if it is not the case, why have we not heard about them?
Above all though, it is concerning. How can it be that there are no thinkers working in the rest of Africa who consider men’s genders as worthy of critical intellectual attention? And if it is not the case, why have we not heard about them?
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