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AAA Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est | Sex and Politics in East Africa: Power, Intimacy and Resistance

Special Issue – Call for Papers. Deadline : May, 31, 2026.

Why Sex and Politics ?

In contemporary East Africa, sexuality constitutes not merely a private or biological domain but a critical political arena through which power, citizenship, and belonging are negotiated. States, religious institutions, political elites, civil society actors, and local communities increasingly mobilize sexual norms and practices to articulate moral authority, regulate populations, and define national identity. Public debates surrounding sexual morality, reproduction, criminality, and family values have become central to political discourse, often generating intense contestation within legislatures, courts, religious forums, and media platforms. Controversies over LGBTQ+ rights, pornography regulation, sex work legislation, reproductive health policies, HIV/AIDS interventions, gender-based violence, and youth sexuality reveal the extent to which intimate life is governed through legal frameworks, policy regimes, and moral regulation, reflecting broader struggles over sovereignty and social order.

This special issue explores how sexualities basically understood as historically produced, socially regulated, and politically contested function as both instruments and symbols of political negotiation in East Africa. The politics of sex extends beyond individual behavior to intersect with nationalism, governance, security discourses, religious authority, economic inequality, and the legacies of colonial and postcolonial state formation. Colonial regimes institutionalized sexual regulation as a tool of racial governance and labor control, while postcolonial states have reworked these frameworks to assert moral legitimacy and political authority. Examining these intersections illuminates how states conceptualize citizens and moral subjects, how political elites deploy sexuality to consolidate or contest power, and how ordinary people navigate, resist, or subvert disciplinary regimes in everyday life. […]

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OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
RAFID (25 mai 2026). AAA Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est | Sex and Politics in East Africa: Power, Intimacy and Resistance. RAFID. Consulté le 9 juin 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/169o4


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