African FeminismVideos

Zambian Feminists founder Situmbeko Wambulawae considers how feminism can make space for women and girls to share sensitive experiences and find connection.

At TEDxJohannesburgWomen, Pumla Gqola recalls encountering feminism amid South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and considers how joy and imagination sustain collective action.

Sisonke Msimang challenges the comforting belief that empathy produced by storytelling is itself political action, asking audiences to reconnect narrative with facts, plans, and collective responsibility.

Malawian activist Memory Banda connects one girl’s refusal to collective organizing, local bylaws, and national legal reform against child marriage and coercive initiation practices.

Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee argues that girls do not need abstract praise but sustained investment, truthful education, and adults willing to transfer opportunity and power.