The Enduring Relevance of Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Sylvia Tamale's Decolonization and Afro-Feminism makes a compelling case for unlearning imperial power relations by 'shaking off' the colonial filters through which we view the world. This process, she argues, is a process of relearning that re-envisions Pan-Africanism as a more inclusive decolonizing/decolonial movement that embraces afro-feminist politics. Tamale also challenges the traditional human rights paradigm and its concomitant idea of 'gender equality,' flagging instead the African philosophy of Ubuntu as a serious alternative for reinvigorating African notions of social justice.

In Decolonization and Afro-Feminism, Sylvia Tamale provides a powerful guide towards the elimination of two interconnected challenges in contemporary Africa by situating her text as 'part of the narrative that does not simply commit to the struggle for decolonization, but also recognizes the dynamics of gender within the struggle for new ways of being'. - Emmah Khisa Senge Wabuke: Feminist Legal Studies (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-021-09470-6)

Overall, this book is not only about how Afro-feminism has been excluded from decolonisation efforts, but how its inclusion can nourish decolonial epistemology... Although it is dedicated to students of Africa, this book goes beyond an excellent teaching tool, to make important contributions to socio-political organising in furtherance of the Afro-feminist decolonial project on the continent. - Emmah Khisa Senge Wabuke, Centre for Gender Studies, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Feminist Legal Studies (2022) 30:121-123

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