Can Feminism be African?

PRAISE FOR SENSUSOUS KNOWLEDGE:

‘A probing, challenging and imaginative book that dares position black feminism as the prism through which we can better experience and understand the world. I savored it as intellectual soul food, while relishing the richness of Minna Salami’s ideas and the persuasiveness of her writing. This book is an important addition to the feminist canon in that it shifts our world view and introduces new and exciting possibilities for ways of being’

Bernardine Evaristo

‘Sensuous Knowledge is an eloquent mélange of ideas and disciplines; part deep, intersectional analysis of structural power, part metaphysical journey into a genius the West hasn’t given language to. An essential read for a new decade’

Johny Pitts, author of Afropean

‘A timely, refreshing, nourishing and captivating read. In the era of ever widening division and cultural strife, Sensuous Knowledge urges us to rethink power, sisterhood, beauty, identity and more. A crucial read which through the sharing of African-centered approaches alleviate political and social frustrations. On these pages there really is something to learn for everyone’

Ayishat Akanbi, writer, cultural commentator, fashion stylist

Minna Salami is a Senior Fellow at The New Institute. She is the author of Sensuous Knowledge and the award-winning MsAfropolitan blog. She is creative director of the award-winning film, Black Feminism and the Polycrisis, based on a program she chaired. Minna has presented keynotes at institutions such as the EU and the Singularity University. Her writing features in The Guardian, Project Syndicate, and The Philosopher. She is a Full Member of the Club of Rome, a council member of The Royal Institute of Philosophy, and a board member of The African Feminist Initiative at Pennsylvania State University. An alumna of Lund University and SOAS University, Minna has lived in Nigeria, Sweden, Spain, and New York, and currently resides between London and Hamburg.