Left Feminist Biographies
Following the screening of biographical documentaries on Lorraine Hansberry and Ama Ata Aidoo, this panel brought together several accomplished feminist biographers to discuss lessons that can be drawn from the lives and experiences of revolutionary African women: Claudia Jones, Eslanda Robeson, Suzanne Césaire, Jeanne Nardal, Aoua Kéita, Andrée Blouin and Albertina Sisulu.
The 3rd Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Cultural & Intellectual Festival was sponsored by Feminist Africa, Urgent Action Fund, African Women’s Development Fund with support from the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.