In this shining, powerful polemic, Minna Salami opens up a new view of gender equality through two simple questions. What happens when we consider feminism through an African lens, and Africa through a feminist one?
Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author and social critic who grew up in Lagos and has since lived in Sweden, New York and London.
She studied Political Science at the University of Lund in Sweden, and then Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London.
In 2010 she launched her multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan which has drawn over a million readers. Minna also writes widely for world-leading publications - including the Guardian, CNN, the Independent and Al Jazeera - as well as consulting governments on gender equality. As a keynote speaker and lecturer, Minna has spoken at over 300 universities, cultural events and conferences, on five continents including at some of the world's most prominent institutions such as the Oxford Union, Yale University, and the Singularity University at NASA.
Minna's debut book SENSUOUS KNOWLEDGE has been translated into multiple languages.
