Hope towards a more inclusive, diverse and equitable future
The selected articles address cross-cutting and intersectional challenges of diversity, inclusion and equity in Southern African countries and beyond, arising from issues of gender, race, class, sexuality, ethnicity and migration. The authors analyse these from a variety of standpoints, including human rights, indigenous land rights, restorative justice, migrant liminality, LGBTQ+, xenophobia, urban architectures, and the effects of extractive capitalism on social systems and networks. The collection ranges from the mining townships of Lephalale in South Africa to the Zambian Copperbelt, the cosmopolitan urban jungle of Johannesburg to small fishing communities in Sao Tome and Principé. The theme of exclusion cuts across these communities that remain peripheral in the global political economy, in spite of their indigenous knowledge systems. The resilience of communities and emerging counter narratives about gender and sexuality provide hope towards a more inclusive, diverse and equitable future.
Edited by
Sethuya Mosime(Sociology, University of Botswana)
Teresa Connor(Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Fort Hare)
Romie Nghitevelekwa(Sociology, University of Namibiaa)