The optimistic response to Sekyiamah’s e-book was “so highly effective and so crucial,” stated Mona Eltahawy, the Egyptian American writer of “The Seven Crucial Sins for Ladies and Ladies” and “Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Center East Wants a Sexual Revolution.”
The motion is “a part of a sexual revolution that’s occurring throughout our continent,” Eltahawy stated.
As a lady of coloration and feminist author who grew up and has labored in each the Center East and the West, Eltahawy stated the e-book made clear that “cisgendered, heterosexual, able-bodied, privileged white girls” have been removed from the one ones exploring themes of intercourse and sexual achievement. The e-book appealed to her, she stated, as a result of it showcased the tales of African girls of various sexualities, talents, religions, financial standing and nationwide backgrounds.
“Intercourse drives are necessary to us too,” Eltahawy stated in a cellphone interview. “Pleasure, and proudly owning your pleasure, and desirous to liberate your self sexually, will not be a white girl’s life journey. It belongs to the remainder of us.”
Sekyiamah stated she hoped the e-book would give African girls a window into the divergent methods they may expertise pleasure, rediscover their sexual energy and achieve company over their our bodies. However extra importantly, she added, she hoped the e-book would assist girls discover a group that may assist them, perceive their wants and assist them navigate troublesome circumstances.
“For me, group is all the time the answer,” stated Sekyiamah, who stated her work is impressed by different Pan-African activists and feminists together with Sylvia Tamale, Hakima Abbas, Sokari Ekine and Tiffany Kagure Mugo.
Whereas girls incessantly share their emotions concerning the e-book and its tales in public, Sekyiamah stated the boys who learn it often talk their emotions to her privately.
Supply: NY Times
