The politics of fashion and beauty in Africa
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Fem<strong>in</strong>ist <strong>Africa</strong> 21 | v<br />
Contents<br />
Editorial: <strong>The</strong> <strong>politics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>fashion</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>beauty</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Africa</strong><br />
– by Simidele Dosekun1<br />
Features<br />
<strong>Africa</strong>n Women Do Not Look Good <strong>in</strong> Wigs: Gender,<br />
Beauty Rituals <strong>and</strong> Cultural Identity <strong>in</strong> Anglophone Cameroon,<br />
1961–1972<br />
– by Jacquel<strong>in</strong>e-Bethel Mougoué 7<br />
Contest<strong>in</strong>g Beauty: Black Lesbians on the Stage<br />
– by Zethu Matebeni 23<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se Girls’ Fashion is Sick!”: An <strong>Africa</strong>n City <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Geography <strong>of</strong> Sartorial Worldl<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
– by Grace Adeniyi Ogunyank<strong>in</strong> 37<br />
Skimpy Fashion <strong>and</strong> Sexuality <strong>in</strong> Sheebah Karungi’s Performances<br />
– by Evelyn Lutwama-Rukundo 52<br />
St<strong>and</strong>po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
<strong>The</strong> Weave as an ‘Unhappy’ Technology <strong>of</strong> Black Fem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>ity<br />
– by Simidele Dosekun 63<br />
Dreadlocks as a Symbol <strong>of</strong> Resistance: Performance <strong>and</strong> Reflexivity<br />
– by Tendai Mutukwa 70<br />
In Conversation<br />
Do<strong>in</strong>g Beauty as <strong>Africa</strong>n Fem<strong>in</strong>ists: A Conversation between<br />
Aleya Kassam, Fatma Emam, Valérie Bah <strong>and</strong> Yew<strong>and</strong>e Omotoso 75
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