Book salon: Queer Lawfare in Africa

Adrian Jjuuko (Human Rights lawyer and advocate) discusses his book Queer Lawfare in Africa with Siri Gloppen and UiB Law and Politics students.

About the book:

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.

The book salon is part of the UiB course Constitutions, Courts and Politics. It is open to anyone interested.