Reading List: The Essence of our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism BY By Uche Ezejiofor
By Uche Ezejiofor
A reading list by Uche Ezejiofor from their teach-in, “The Essence of Our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism” for The School for Black Feminist Politics.
On Thursday, February 27, we hosted the first teach-in for our Black Feminist Marronage Series, “The Essence of Our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism” by Uche Ezejiofor for The School for Black Feminist Politics.
About the teach-in: By engaging with the perspectives and political strategies of Global Black feminists, this teach-in establishes how children and marginalized genders embody the essence of Pan-African liberation. Together, we will examine the lived experiences that create a Pan-Africanist global Black feminist perspective, the historical legacy of Pan-African Feminists, and Pan-African strategic visions for a globally liberated future.
You can watch the teach-in here.
About the teach-in curator: Uche (we/she/they) is a Maryland born Nigerian writer, researcher, and educator, with a special interest in global Black experiences, Black & African feminism(s), and African Futurity. Their work embraces the Black feminist belief that the personal is always political and is rooted in radical love, exploration of pleasure, and embodied political perspectives. They share their writing through “The Intimates”, a digital journal-scape designed to reflect on the Self through a Global Black feminist perspective. Uche is also the author of “Love Could Save Our Lives”- a collection of poems and prose.
Reading List
Essays and Speeches
“Re-envisioning Pan Africanism: What is the Role of Gender, Youth and the Masses?” by Micere Githae Mugo in Pan Africanism and Integration in Africa (2002)
“An End to the Neglect of The Problems of the Negro Woman!” by Claudia Jones (1949)
“African Feminisms as Method: A Methodology for African Feminisms in the Digital Age” by Nanjala Nyabola
"Negro Women Are Great Thinkers as Well as Doers": Amy Jacques-Garvey and Community Feminism”, 1924-1927
The Mistake of the First African Summit Conference – Shirley Graham DuBois (excerpt by Hood Communist)
The Power of Pan-African Feminism: A Conversation with Jessica Horn (Black Women Radicals)
Films
Ori by Raquel Gerber (1989)