Ụlọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Mmekọahụ n'Afrịka

The Afrikan okike ụlọ ọrụ (AGI) bụ otu ụmụ nwaanyị na-eme nchọpụta na nkuzi nke na-amụ ihe gbasara okike n'Afrika. Ọ ghọwo ngalaba na Mahadum Cape Town (UCT), nke a na-achịkwa n'ime uloakwukwo n'ime Afrikan na okike mkpali agumagu, Social Anthropology na Lingwistiks. AGI nwere ndị ọrụ ya raara onwe ha nye ma nwee ogo pụrụ iche nke nnwere onwe site na UCT.[1]

Ihe ịrịba ama na-egosi African Gender Institute na Mahadum Cape Town

Ebumnuche

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AGI na-akọwa onwe ya dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ụmụ nwaanyị kpọmkwem ma na-achọ ịkwalite ụmụ nwaanyị na kọntinent Afrịka.[2] Ọ na-eje ozi dị ka ebe njikọ maka ndị ụbụrụ na-aghọ nkọ n'ofe Afrịka, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-ata ahụhụ site na ikewapụ onwe ha na ịkpa ókè na ụlọ akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ha.[3] Amina Mama - onye dị mkpa na AGI - ekwuola na nzukọ ahụ bụ isi ihe dị iche na mmepụta na nchịkwa nke ndị ọkà mmụta Afrịka.[4][5] Ebumnuche dị mkpa nke AGI bụ idebe oghere ụlọ ọrụ maka ndị inyom Afrịka iji kesaa, rụkọọ ọrụ, kụzie, na nyocha.[6]

Akụkọ ihe mere eme

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AGI sitere na mhara ohere ọma echeta ihe omumme, nke e mepụtara na Mahadum Cape Town na 1992 ka ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na-agwụ. E guzobere AGI na 1996, na ebumnuche a kapịrị ọnụ nke ịkwado ụmụ nwanyị na-eme nchọpụta, ndị na-akwado iwu na ndị edemede nọ n'ime mba Afrịka, yana itinye aka na uto na olu nke ụmụ nwanyị Afrịka.[7] Site na 1998 ruo 1999 Amanda Gouws bụ onye nduzi na-eme ihe nkiri.

Mama ghọrọ onye nduzi nke AGI na 2000 ma nyere aka guzobe akwụkwọ akụkọ ya Feminist Afrika.[8] N'okpuru nduzi Mama, a rụrụ ọrụ na ohere ụmụ nwaanyị nwere maka teknụzụ e-nka na nzuọrụ udo ụmụ nwaanyị, ikike mmekọahụ na ịmụ nwa, na ọrụ gbasara ụmụ amaala, na ndị na-enye aka gafee kọntinent ahụ. Isi n'etiti ndị a bụ Elaine Salo, Sisonke Msimang, Jane Bennett, Jennifer Radloff, na Yaliwe Clarke na South Afrika, Charmaine Pereira na Nijiria, Sylvia Tamale na Ruth Ochieng na Uganda, Takyiwaa Manuh na Akosua Ampofo na Ghana, na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. AGI zụlitere usoro nkuzi na nyocha siri ike na mahadum nke Cape Town.

N'ịbụ ndị na-eche mbelata mmefu ego na nkwado ụlọ ọrụ na-agbanwe ihu, AGI hụrụ onwe ya nkewa site na ọrụ nke okike mmuta na UCT. AGI, n'okpuru nduzi nke Jane Bennett site na 2008 ruo 2017, lekwasịrị anya n'ịkwado ọnọdụ ọgụgụ isi ya na ọnọdụ ụlọ ọrụ ya na UCT, ma gaa n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na-aga nke ọma, ọkachasị na mmekọahụ na ọrụ ikpe ziri ezi. Mgbalị ndị a gara nke ọma n'ozuzu ha, na 2017, Yaliwe Clarke weghaara nduzi nke AGI na atụmatụ ọhụrụ maka iwusi ndị isi ojii, ndị na-eme ihe ike na ọrụ Africa karịsịa n'etiti ụmụ agbọghọ. Nke a nwetara nkwado siri ike site na Kọmitii ndụmọdụ ọhụrụ[4]

 
Ụmụ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na-enyocha African Gender Institute n'oge UCT na-emeghe

Okike na nwaanyị Studies for Afrikas mgbanwe ma ọ bụ GWS Africa, bụ otu n'ime nnukwu ọrụ AGI. GWS Africa bụ mgbalị e mere iji mepụta ma kesaa isi ọgụgụ isi siri ike maka ndị inyom n'ofe Afrika. Ọtụtụ n'ime GWS Afrika na-ewere ọnọdụ n'ịntanetị, site na listserv na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ. Nzukọ ahụ mepụtara Feminist Africa, nke na-agbasa n'ịntanetị.[4] Site na GWS Afrika, AGI abụwo isi ike maka ịbawanye ohere ụmụ nwanyị nwere na nkwukọrịta ịntanetị.[9]

N'afo puku abuo -2002, GWS Afrika mere nnyocha nke Ngalaba Mmụta Mmekọahụ na / ma ọ bụ nke Ụmụ nwanyị gafee Afrika. Ọ chọpụtara na ọzụzụ ndị a na-arịwanye elu, mana ọtụtụ n'ime ha anabatala usoro Nwaanyi na mwulite (WID). Nchọpụta a mere ka ọchịchọ AGI sikwuo ike ịkwalite okwu ndị inyom Afrika, ma duga na 2002 na nnọkọ ndị inyom pan-African dị mkpa na 2002, nke emere na UCT.[6]

Site na 2002 gaa n'ihu, ọrụ AGI na-eme ka ọmụmụ nwoke na nwaanyị sie ike na ọrụ ụmụ nwaanyị na kọntinent ahụ toro n'ọtụtụ ntụziaka, gụnyere ịmepụta netwọk zuru oke nke Southern Afrika na nsogbu mmekọahụ na agụmakwụkwọ dị elu, uto nke e-space na-elekwasị anya na ụmụ nwaanyị kpọmkwem maka mmasị nke ndị inyom na-adabere na Afrika,mbipụta oge niile nke nwaanyi Afrika na ọtụtụ ogbako na-ewu ikike na ajụjụ nke ala, iwulite mmegharị, militarism na mmekọahụ.

Site na puku asato gaa n'ihu, n'okpuru nduzi ọhụrụ nke Jane Bennett, a na-eme ka mmemme gbasara mmekọahụ na ikpe ziri ezi nke ọmụmụ sie ike ebe otu ndị ọzọ AGI mepụtara n'otu oge site n'aka otu ndị siri ike, gụnyere Yaliwe Clarke na-arụ ọrụ na udo ụmụ nwanyị na Ruth Ochieng nke ISIS-Wicce na Uganda. Ihe omume nkuzi n'ime Mahadum Cape Town toro nke ukwuu, e wuru mmekọrịta ya na Barnard mahadum na New York, Gino Germani Institute na Buenos Aires, na CODESRIA na Senegal. Selina Mudavanhu, na ndị ọzọ wuru ọrụ nkwado eletrọniki.

N'afọ puku abuo na iri na abuo Mahadum nke Cape Town guzobere usoro njikọta nke kewara ọrụ ọrụ ọha na eze nke AGI site na nkuzi ọmụmụ okike ya, na-emepụta ngalaba ọhụrụ nke ọmụmụ okike. Nke a nwere mmetụta siri ike, mana AGI nọgidere na-eme ka onwe ya kwụsie ike na mmemme ọhụrụ na idu ndú ụmụ agbọghọ na mmekọahụ.

N'afọ puku abuo na iri asa n'okpuru nduzi ọhụrụ ọzọ, ya na Yaliwe Clarke, AGI na-eme mmemme na ihe ngosi, na mmemme ihe nkiri n'ebe dị iche iche, ma malite ọrụ na nnọkọ nke akpọrọ "Dreaming the Future," iji mee emume ọrụ nke onye na-ahụ maka ụmụ nwanyị South Afrika, Pumla Gqola.

Hụkwa

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Edensibịa

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  1. Gouws (2012). "Reflections on being a feminist academic/academic feminism in South Africa". Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 31 (5/6): 526. DOI:10.1108/02610151211235505. 
  2. Mission and Vision. African Gender Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved on 2012-12-16. “Powerfully feminist in philosophy and practice the AGI offers programmes of teaching and research on gender in the contexts of, inter alia, sexuality, development, land reform, law, conflict, politics, race, economics and culture.”
  3. See Sylvia Tamale, profiled in: Gretchen L. Wilson, "African Female Scholars Share Virtual Lifeline", Women's eNews on WorldPress, 21 December 2006.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Amina Mama, "Gender studies for Africa's transformation", in African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development, ed. Thandika Mkandawire, London: Zed Books and CODESRIA, 2006.
  5. Amina Mama interviewed by Elaine Salo, "Talking about Feminism in Africa", reproduced in Women's World from Agenda, "African Feminisms I", no. 50 (2001).
  6. 6.0 6.1 Amina Mama (2011). "What does it mean to do feminist research in African contexts". Feminist Theory & Activism in Global Perspective: Feminist Review Conference Proceedings: e4–e20. Retrieved on 2012-12-16. 
  7. History. African Gender Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved on 2012-12-16. “Powerfully feminist in philosophy and practice the AGI offers programmes of teaching and research on gender in the contexts of, inter alia, sexuality, development, land reform, law, conflict, politics, race, economics and culture.”
  8. Karen MacGregor (2006-01-13). One-way ticket just isn't an option. Times Higher Education. Retrieved on 2012-12-16.
  9. Hafkin, Nancy J. (2000). "Convergence of Concepts: Gender and ICTs in Africa", in Adera, Edith Ofwona: Gender and the information revolution in Africa. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre. ISBN 0-88936-903-8.