A new thematic collection, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Insights and Theoretical Innovations from Early Career Researchers', edited by Dr Alicia Bowman, Professor Evelyn Garwe and Professor Juliet Thondhlana has been published and is now available to read online.
The collection is the primary output of the workshop 'Writing for Sustainable Development: Developing, Mentoring and Strengthening African Grant and Research Writing for Publication', funded by The British Academy and delivered in partnership with the Association of African Universities and the British Council Ghana.
The collection reflects what Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni calls ‘complete epistemic freedom’: authors took intellectual ownership, set their own priorities, and shaped the project’s primary output on their own terms. During the workshop, participants identified gender inequality as a central obstacle to their progression and contribution to academia. Out of these dialogues emerged a collective proposal to make decolonising gender knowledge the focus of the Collection, transforming it into a participant-driven project shaped by collaboration and committed to decolonising knowledge production and dissemination.
The collection shows how gender functions both as a site of inequality and as a framework for reimagining knowledge production in Sub-Saharan Africa. The four articles amplify African perspectives, blend global and indigenous frameworks, and demonstrate the value of research that is both locally grounded and globally connected.
Please visit the British Academy website to read the thematic collection.
Posted on Thursday 18th December 2025