Content Note: This week's lecture will contain banned material.

Required Readings (on Talis)

Sylvia Tamale. Confronting the Politics of Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa. African Studies Review

Corinne Lennox; Matthew Waites Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth: struggles for decriminalisation and change. Read Kevin Ward. Religious institutions and actors and religious attitudes to homosexual rights: South Africa and Uganda, eBook

Patrick Awondo, Peter Geschiere, Graeme Reid. Homophobic Africa? Toward A More Nuanced View African Studies Review

Further Readings (on Talis)

Seminar Questions

What explains the rise of anti-homosexuality 'activism' in Africa?

To what extent is homophobia a legacy of colonialism?

'Homophobia and not Homosexuality is a western import' discuss

What is the relationship between Christian driven homophobic 'activism' in Africa and the West, especially the USA?