This article makes the argument that representations of gendered and sexual violence, its
perniciousness and its persistence need to be traced historically, not just to the recent …

To date, Canada is one of four nations that have refused to ratify the UN Declaration of
Rights of Indigenous peoples. Yet, an Amnesty International Report reveals that over 500 …

This essay draws on South African history in order to deepen understanding of the high level
of gender based violence in that country, post‐apartheid. Demonstrating the limitations of …

In this article the authors discuss in broad strokes the work of two theorists, namely Nigerian
sociologist Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí and Argentinian philosopher Maria Lugones to argue that a …

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Postcolonial Hauntologies is an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of critical, literary,
visual, and performance texts by women from different parts of Africa. While contemporary …

This essay seeks to understand why the discourse of human rights documentaries, reports,
narratives, and films gives agency to some victims and silences the voices of others …

In recent years, different South African literary genres have revealed writers' innovative
efforts to name subjectivities and experiences that have been erased by legacies of colonial …

Dian Fossey and the gorillas remain familiar figures in the global public sphere. But how do
their life stories relate to the ongoing presence of mourning and violence in central Africa …

How to write about violence? Most recent anthropological works have dealt with this
question in terms of either political economy, narratives, or performance. Using JM …