Aincre Maame-Fosua Evans

Research Topic

Feminist Amnesia (s): Re-encountering the Voices of the Women's Movements in West Africa (1940-60).

Aincre Maame-Fosua Evans is developing a history of women’s ‘unfinished liberation’ in West Africa through her innovative doctoral research. Spanning across Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Nigeria, her study recuperates the histories of and examines the women's organisations that flourished between 1940 and 1960, spotlighting the dynamic leaders at their forefront in what, she asserts, was an important ‘opening’ for feminism in West African history. Evans’s work is distinguished by its application of a transnational and agnotological feminist lens, through which she meaningfully positions the narratives of these West African women’s movements within the broader trajectory of global feminist history.

The project plays a central role in rekindling the memories and momentum of these movements and offers a fresh perspective on the history of women's rights and activism in West Africa and beyond. Her dedication to recovering these narratives affirms the critical role feminist historiography plays in reshaping our understanding of the past and inspiring future generations dedicated to completing these 'unfinished liberation agendas'. 

Supervisors: Brenda Stevenson and Sloan Mahone