Title: Gender Mainstreaming: A Collective Responsibility for Both African Men and Women

Author: Abdul-Karim Kamara (University of The Gambia, The Gambia)

Abstract

discourse to help transform dystopic societies into hospitable ones for the good of both sexes. For a fairly long period, aficionados in feminism were at logger heads as to which theory of feminism is appropriate to discuss the black woman in the once colonised space. It was not until the 80s that Filomina Steady, Molara Ogundipe-Leslie and Micere Mugo, produced the theoretical elements for an African feminism, elements that advocate for the overhauling of oppressive institutions for the sake of men and women with a view to producing a society which cherishes the idea of collective responsibility (Davies et al 1986: 11).

Adopting African feminism as a central theoretical axis, this paper shall explore the efforts deployed by both men and women to fight against the general marginalisation of women as is instantiated by Ngugi wa Thiong’O, Sony Labou-Tansi and Emmanuel B Dongala. The paper shall conclude with recommendations considered helpful in collapsing the sub-periphery within the periphery, with the ultimate aim of mitigating the inequalities between the Metropolis and the peripheral communities reviewed in this study.

Keywords: African feminism, gender mainstreaming, sub-periphery, inhospitable, socio-economic ostracization.

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