"Prepare for the worst" – this is the message of our times. That we are teetering on the brink of collapse, ecological, economic, political, cultural, spiritual. That confusion and fatigue are pervasive: and authoritarianism, populism, and oligarchy the new reality. In such times, meaningful social transformation is undeniably more elusive than ever. Yet, is there space for change? Can new political philosophies, new epistemologies, and revitalised imaginaries provide vision? This event presents Minna Salami’s latest book, Can Feminism Be African? A Most Paradoxical Question, which explores how African feminism offers a critical and emancipatory language for understanding and reimagining the narratives that define our world.

Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish feminist author and social critic. Her research interests include the politics of knowledge production, the progression of feminist theory, and contemporary African thought. Her debut book, Sensuous Knowledge, has been translated into multiple languages, and she is currently writing a polemical book about feminism in relation to Africa. She has drawn over a million readers to her multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan. Minna has presented talks at prominent institutions, including the UN, the Oxford Union, the Cambridge Union, Yale University, and the Singularity University at NASA. She has consulted governments on race and gender equality and has curated events at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Minna sits on the council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the boards of the African Feminist Initiative at Pennsylvania State University, the Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Sahel, and the Emerge network, and is an associate with Perspectiva.