Christianity, Globalization, and Protective Homophobia : Democratic Contestation of Sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9783319663418
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Springer International Publishing AG
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Subjects: Political Science;

This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-inspired protective homophobia within the context of Africa's socioeconomic and political place in the global community. The author builds upon on-the-ground research and his groundbreaking previous studies on the cultural politics of globalization in Africa to present a wide, complex, and interdisciplinary understanding of Africa's sexual politics.

Kapya Kaoma is Visiting Researcher at Boston University, USA. He was the original researcher to expose the ties between US right-wing evangelicals and the anti-LGBTQ legislation in Uganda, and has testified before Congress and the United Nations. He is the author of a number of books, including Globalizing the Culture Wars (2009), Colonizing African Value s (2012), and American Culture Warriors in Afric a (2014), and appears as an expert voice in the 2013 documentary God Loves Uganda .

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