209pp., hardback, London & New York, 2018

"This is a very welcome and wide-ranging set of original essays that will add to our rapidly expanding awareness of African sexualities. Both academic and activist, the essays help both clarify and move beyond traditional Western theories and categories." Ken Plummer, Emeritus Professor of Sociologies, University of Essex

Contributions include:
"Beyond Identity: queer affiliation and the politics of solidarity in Gordimer's "None to Accompany Me" and Duiker's "The Quiet Violence of Dreams" by Derrick Higginbotham
"'Queer/White' in South Africa: a troubling oxymoron?" by Jane Bennett
"Lesbian Students in the Academy, invisible, assimilated, or ignored?" by Mary Hames
"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Forced Migrants and Asylum Seekers, multiple discriminations" by Guillain Koko, Surya Monro and Kate Smith
"Experiences of Transgender People in Swaziland" by Velile Vilane.

Zethu Matebeni is Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Humanities, University of Cape Town.
Surya Monro is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Huddersfield, UK.
Vasu Reddy is Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria.

QUEER IN AFRICA, LGBTQI identities, citizenship, and activism

: Matebeni (Z.), Monro (S.) & Reddy (V.) eds.

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