Queer lawfare in Africa : : legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation / / edited by Adrian Jjuuko [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Jjuuko, Adrian,
• Place / Publishing House: Pretoria : : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP),, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 pages) :; illustrations

"This book focuses on the strategies that activists for LGBTIQ+ equality in Africa deploy to challenge deep seated homophobia and transphobia, as well as the politicisation of LGBTIQ+ issues. It is a peer-reviewed, edited volume with scholarly contributions from lawyers, anthropologists, and LGBTIQ+ activists. It covers different country situations - those where equality is taking root, as the case is in South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique; those where homophobia reigns and LGBTIQ+ rights are politicised such as, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia; and those where traditional LGBTIQ+ activism is almost a nonstarter, such as in Ethiopia, Sudan and The Gambia."

Table of Contents

1. War by other means: The law and politics of sexual minority freedom in post-apartheid South Africa / Jaco Barnard-Naudé & Pierre de Vos -- 2. Progressive legislation in the context of generalised conservative public opinion: The case of LGBT rights in Mozambique / Carmeliza Rosário & Camila Gianella -- 3. Queer lawfare in Botswana / Monica Tabengwa & Anthony Oluoch -- 4. Queer lawfare in Kenya: Shifting opportunities for rights realisation Nicholas Wasonga Orago, Siri Gloppen & Matthew Gichohi -- 5. Court focused lawfare over LGBT rights: The case of Uganda / Adrian Jjuuko & Stella Nyanzi -- 6. LGBT+ rights lawfare in Malawi / Alan Msosa & Chrispine Gwalawala Sibande -- 7. Against 'the order of nature': Towards the growth of queer lawfare in Nigeria / Ayodele Sogunro -- 8. LGBT lawfare in response to heterosexual nationalism and the retention of the anti-sodomy laws in Zambia / Landilani Banda -- 9. LGBTQI+ lawfare in response to the politicisation of homosexuality in Ghana / Ernest Yaw Ako & Amanda Odoi -- 10. Senegal: Mobilising for gay rights in the shadow of HIV/AIDS / Vegard Vibe -- 11. From a 'crusade to root out homosexuality like malaria' to a 'non-issue': The absence of sexual minority lawfare in The Gambia / Satang Nabaneh -- 12. Digital lawfare and activism by lesbian, gay and bisexual persons in Ethiopia / Getnet Tadele & Woldekidan Amde -- 13. Activism from the closet: Fear of a double backlash against a nascent queer movement in Sudan / Liv Tønnessen, Samia al-Nagar & Samah Khalaf Allah -- Conclusion: The kaleidoscope of queer lawfare in Africa / Adrian Jjuuko, Frans Viljoen, Siri Gloppen & Alan Msosa.