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26 June 2025
Eight Wonderful African Books that Center Queer Experiences
A growing canon of books continues to strengthen the validity of the lives and loves of queer people in Africa. Here are some recommendations.
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Culture
16 July 2024
There is Nothing African about Homophobia
Lasting decolonization can only be achieved by acknowledging that homophobia is a European colonial import.
News
22 April 2024
Bobrisky’s Prison Sentence: A Ploy for Queer Erasure?
Nigeria recently convicted a social media personality and transgender woman for “naira mutilation.” OkayAfrica speaks to some lawyers and feminist activists to understand the reason for this harsh sentence and if something else might be afoot.
News
12 May 2021
LGBT Community Dealt Major Blow as Transgender Cameroonians Imprisoned
The Cameroonian government has sentenced Shakiro and Mouthe "Patricia" Roland to five years in prison and fined them heavily for 'attempting homosexuality'.
News
21 April 2021
YouTube Shuts Down Homophobic Nigerian Megachurch Channel
A YouTube channel belonging to Nigerian pastor T.B. Joshua's megachurch has reportedly been taken down for slapping gay church members as a form of "gay curing" therapy.
News
15 April 2021
Cameroon's LGBT Community is Facing Increasing Persecution
A recent report by Human Rights Watch has highlighted, with tremendous concern, the increasing persecution being faced by the LGBT community in Cameroon.
News
13 April 2021
South Africans Confronted with Reality of Continued Homophobic Murders
South Africans are rallying under the online banner of #JusticeForLulu after Andile 'Lulu' Ntuthela, a member of the LGBT community, was brutally murdered.
News
07 November 2019
The World Congress of Families is Expanding its Homophobic Agenda into West Africa
The far-right organization recently held a regional conference in Accra.
News
18 December 2018
South African Twitter Responds to Jack Parow's Homophobic Tweet Promoting His Brandy
The South African rapper took to Twitter to promote his brandy and the homophobe in him jumped right out.
Popular
30 March 2018
For Those Excluded From Easter Dinner Because of Who They Love or How They Identify
For some members of the South African LGBTQI+ community, holidays are reminders of rejection and persecution
News
06 February 2018
‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ Just Became The First South African Film To Stream On Netflix
There's no stopping 'Inxeba.'
Popular
05 February 2018
In the War Against My Sexuality, I Chose Truth Over Fear
Why I will not let the epidemic of homophobic violence in South Africa stop me from living openly as a queer womxn
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