African Women Online: How African Women are doing the internet!

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Women are doing a lot of awesome things on the internet. Some are tweeting, some are taking selfies, some are reading news and some are posting twerk videos. Women in Africa are doing all these things and much more including smashing all things misogynistic and patriarchal right in the face.

Here we profile online awesomeness by African women tackling everything from commerce, politics to passion. These platforms hail from all over the continent, from Ghana to Egypt to Uganda and beyond. These sites and social media platforms are looking to change the way we think about African women.

Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women

Site: http://adventuresfrom.com/
Twitter: @adventurefrom

What are women doing between the sheets, on the kitchen counter, in international conference spaces and possibly on the bathroom floor? Are African women having good sex despite the moans that fill the night sky? Adventures will tell you all this and more.

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Mon Pi Mon

Site: https://monpimon.wordpress.com
Twitter: @Women4WomenUG
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monpimonuganda

The email that started this blog was titled ‘Women and Uganda and taking over the country.’ And with that Mon Pi Mon was born. Mon pi Mon translates to Women for Women in the Acholi language, and that is what this site is all about: Ugandan Women and their everyday experiences.

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Chubby Vogue Divas

Site: https://charmaincarol.wordpress.com/category/chubby-vogue-divas/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chubbyvoguedivas

Women with curves can make your mind go blank. Make you walk into street lights. This site, Chubby Vogue Divas, celebrates the fuller African figure not only through the art of photography but also through story telling. Alongside partaking in a photo-shoot the women profiled are allowed to speak on their struggle with body issues and the journey to love and self-acceptance.

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HOLAAfrica!

Twitter: @HOLAAfrica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolaAfrica
Site: www.holaafrica.org

Sometimes things are serious and sometimes you have to have a little fun online, this dichotomy is exactly what HOLAA! is about. Started in 2012, HOLAA! explores all things related to female sexuality from eating pussy like a champ to tackling motherhood and body positivity. From handling homophobia in the workplace to handling your sex toys.

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Sister Speak237

Twitter: @ComfortMussa
Site: http://sisterspeak237.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sisterspeak237/274295492721998

In 2014, celebrated journalist Comfort Mussa  set up Sister237 after noticing that women’s issues were only discussed in women’s groups and in whispers around kitchen tables. So she wanted to open up a space were these issues could be spoken about openly. Sisterspeak237 is a supportive online space were Cameroonian women can speak about what’s important to them.

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Ms Afropolitan

Twitter: @Msafropolitan
Site: http://www.msafropolitan.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MsAfropolitan

This is an award-winning pan-African blog started in 2010. Written by the intoxicatingly beautiful Minna Salami, this blog has been described as a ‘game changer’ and tackles everything from sexual revolutions, to literature and politics. It looks to give readers “sharp, witty commentary about modern African society and popular culture from a feminist perspective.”

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Inkanyiso

Twitter: @InkanyisoN
Site: www.inkanyiso.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inkanyiso

Inkanyiso [registered in 2009] is the brain child of visual activist and photography guru Zanele Muholi. It was started as a response to the lack of visual histories and skills training produced by and for LGBTI persons, especially artists. This platform plays with photography, film, visual arts and multimedia and has a lot of  talented contributors.

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