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From Eastern Congo to Cape Town: African Women, We Salute You!
March marked the start of Women’s History Month, featuring International Women’s Day on 08/03, an occasion to celebrate and highlight the achievements, successes and general brilliance of women, and their contributions to events in history and society.
That there needs to be a ‘month’ to celebrate the contributions women have made is indicative of the extent to which society continues to suffer from patriarchal domination. A society where women are marginalised despite representing half the population. While some argue that “this is a man’s world”, they would be greatly mistaken in thinking that it has always been so.
In this piece I’d like to mark Women’s History Month by exploring the position that African and African-descended women have held throughout history, and to celebrate some notable achievements to the present day.
That there needs to be a ‘month’ to celebrate the contributions women have made is indicative of the extent to which society continues to suffer from patriarchal domination. A society where women are marginalised despite representing half the population. While some argue that “this is a man’s world”, they would be greatly mistaken in thinking that it has always been so.
In this piece I’d like to mark Women’s History Month by exploring the position that African and African-descended women have held throughout history, and to celebrate some notable achievements to the present day.
http://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/womens-history-month-celebrating-african-women/