Contesting Global Culture: Globalization and Sexual Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Democratic Contestation of Sexuality in DeSub-Saharan Africa Utilizes a broad base of empirical research to contest various theories that seek to explain the rise of homophobia in Africa as the result of US evangelical interventions Situates homophobia in Africa within a perspective of globalization, transnational networks, and the relationship between domestic and international space Appeals to scholars in Political Science, African Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, in particular those interested in human rights, aid and development, sexuality, and gender. This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-inspired protective homophobia within the context of Africa’s socioeconomic and political place in the global community. The author builds upon on-the-ground research and his groundbreaking previous studies on the cultural politics of globalization in Africa to present a wide, complex, and interdisciplinary understanding of Africa’s sexual politics.