Heterosexism is the institutionalization of a heterosexual norm which establishes the idea that all people are or should be heterosexual, thereby privileging heterosexuals and heterosexuality, and excluding the needs, concerns, cultures, histories, and life experiences of non-heteronormative people.
In our last episodes we have discussed the colonial import of homophobia. Or in other words how heterosexuality became institutionalized by specifically the British in its former colonies in West Africa.
In this episode, we want to explore heterosexism in West Africa.
Sometimes, there is a certain romanticizing of the historical status or even the very history of queerness. Indeed queerness existed and continues to exist, but historically what conditions did different communities of non-normative people live in? How much social, political, and economic power did they wield?
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Host: Afua Brantuo
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Script Researchers and Editors: awo dufie föfie & Kim Davou
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Music: Wo Fie feat. Wanlov the Kubolor &Sister Deborah by Angel Maxine
