Unfinished liberatory agendas

By: Akua O. Britwum; Amina Mama

How Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere’s approaches to gender politics, help reshape feminist visions for reclaiming a developmental state.

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This article is part of the “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History” series, edited by Aishu Balaji, from Post-Colonialisms Today, a research and advocacy project of activist-intellectuals on the continent recapturing progressive thought and policies from early post-independence Africa to address contemporary development challenges. Sign up for updates here.

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This article is part of the “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History” series, edited by Aishu Balaji, from Post-Colonialisms Today, a research and advocacy project of activist-intellectuals on the continent recapturing progressive thought and policies from early post-independence Africa to address contemporary development challenges. Sign up for updates here.

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This article is part of the “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History” series, edited by Aishu Balaji, from Post-Colonialisms Today, a research and advocacy project of activist-intellectuals on the continent recapturing progressive thought and policies from early post-independence Africa to address contemporary development challenges. Sign up for updates here.

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This article is part of the “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History” series, edited by Aishu Balaji, from Post-Colonialisms Today, a research and advocacy project of activist-intellectuals on the continent recapturing progressive thought and policies from early post-independence Africa to address contemporary development challenges. Sign up for updates here.

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