Of Masks and Masculinities in Africa

Jesper Bjarnesen; Jack Boulton; Uroš Kovač; Ndubueze Mbah; Bruce Whitehouse; Robert Wyrod

doi:10.1177/00020397231217520

Of Masks and Masculinities in Africa

Jesper Bjarnesen
, Jack Boulton
, Uroš Kovač
, Ndubueze Mbah
, Bruce Whitehouse
, Robert Wyrod

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Nordic Africa Institute
University of Freiburg
University of Groningen
Lehigh University
University of Colorado Boulder

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Abstract

Contemporary forms of precarity, migration, connectivity, and sociality have transformed what it means to be a man in many African communities. Responding with agency and creativity to various incentives and constraints, Africans have adapted practices pertaining to labour, marriage, and sexuality to the exigencies of modern life amid the impacts of European colonialism, rapid urban growth, economic hardship, and political conflict. Drawing upon ethnographic and historical research to study settings in East, West, and Southern Africa, the articles in this special issue review the social changes that have taken place regarding men's roles and assess prospects for the emergence of counter-hegemonic masculinities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-200
Number of pages	10
Journal	Africa Spectrum
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397231217520
State	Published - Dec 2023

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Gender
masculinity
urbanisation

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