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“Homosexuality” in Africa: Issues and Debates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Deborah P. Amory
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This article explores the recent emergence of a new subfield within African Studies: not just the study of sexuality in African contexts, but the study of “homosexuality,” or same-sex erotics and identities. I will outline some of the events that herald this new era of African Studies, and review some of the current research topics and debates. In the end, I hope to convince readers that this research deserves the support of all activist scholars within African Studies.

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Research Article
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African Issues , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , 1997, pp. 5 - 10
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1997 

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Deborah P. Amory is an assistant professor of Anthropology at SUNY-Purchase. She has conducted research in Kenya and Tanzania over the past 15 years, and has written on the politics of Swahili identity and the history of African Studies in the United States.