Tapestry of Human Sexuality in Africa, A

From dating and distress in the Eastern Cape, the discrimination of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cape Town, female circumcision in Kenya, gender violence in Nigeria to online sexuality among women in Egypt, all are diverse threads woven and interlaced to form the elaborate embroidery that is Africa’s human sexuality. A Tapestry of Human Sexuality in Africa is a colourful and intricate examination of human sexuality on the continent. All too often, sexuality in Africa is examined through the lenses of epidemic and disease. In this volume, individual strands of the vast tapestry that make up human experiences of sexuality in its various forms are examined in their own right. The threads that literally run from Cape to Cairo provide lessons that can be translated into a greater understanding of sexuality on the continent at large. About the Author: Dr. Oka Obono is Senior Lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and is an habitué of the international lecture circuit. An activist, newspaper columnist, policy analyst and methodologist, he has been Principal Research of a multi-year project aimed at increasing male responsibility for safeguarding reproductive health at individual, household and community levels. He chaired the multilingual Dakar-based network of African researchers monitoring governance trends in West Africa, and coordinates the National Working Group on Accountability, investigating popular forms of accountability in Nigeria. His writings and advocacy stress the need for a plurality of voices in the discourse of everyday sexual and reproductive life. In this project, Dr. Obono provided training and mentoring for the Sexuality Leadership Fellows from conceptualization of individual projects to the reporting stages. He is at present conducting research into the long term factors responsible for HIV transmission in African societies and author of a newspaper column called "Predicaments". Keywords: Sexuality, Sexual Behaviour, Africa Bic: VFVC, JMU, 1H 210 x 148mm, 192 pgs, PBK