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Publication: "Knowing Women. Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana"

Book cover Knowing Women

Serena Dankwa's book describes the friendships and relationships of working class women in southern Ghana. Her work is based on in-depth research, storytelling and an intersectional analysis of the life stories of Ghanaian women. She gives space to voices that are generally underrepresented.

Dankwa, Serena Owusua. Knowing Women: Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana. African Identities: Past and Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

In connection with an author's reading, a few copies of this great book are still available and can be ordered at the Labyrinth bookshop.