RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Coloniality and the Fight for Queer Freedom in Ghana, <em>Our Sister Killjoy</em> as Guide
JF Ghana Studies
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 147
OP 153
DO 10.3368/gs.27.1.147
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Adjepong, Anima
YR 2024
UL https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/27/1/147.abstract
AB In this brief essay, I return to Ama Ata Aidoo’s (1977) Our Sister Killjoy as an opportunity to reflect on how coloniality structures anti-LGBTQ legislation, cultural opposition, and advocacy for queer rights in Ghana. Reflections from Sissie, the novel’s protagonist, offers a guide for queer organizers, activists, community groups, and allies to divest from Western models of freedom and rights attainment.