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SUMMARY:Exploring the Contours of African Sexualities: Statutory\, Customa
 ry and Religious Laws - Professor Sylvia Tamale\, Makerere University 
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:The lecture will explore the diverse ways through which organi
 sed religion\, personal spiritual convictions\, culture and the law shape\
 , challenge and potentially transform the sexualities of African peoples. 
  I argue that through the intersection of religion\, statutory law and rei
 nterpreted traditional customs\, the complexity of African sexualities (pa
 rticularly those of women) is instrumentalized\, controlled and regulated 
 by the patriarchal state.  As sources of power\, the institutions of cultu
 re\, religion and law structure sexual morality in such a way that it cong
 eals into states of domination.  Attempts to assert sexual citizenship hav
 e spawned social movements on the continent challenging the dominant sexua
 l discourses and demanding increased sexual autonomy and freedom.  These m
 ovements have the potential to profoundly reshape our understanding of the
  links between sexualities and religion.\n\nProfessor Sylvia Tamale is a l
 eading African feminist lawyer and scholar based in Kampala\, Uganda.  She
  holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University\, a Masters in Law from
  Harvard Law School and a PhD in Sociology and Feminist Studies from the U
 niversity of Minnesota.  Professor Tamale teaches law at Makerere Universi
 ty where she served as Law Dean from 2004 to 2008.   She also serves on se
 veral international boards and has been a visiting professor in several ac
 ademic institutions globally.  Her latest publication is African Sexualiti
 es: A Reader (Pambazuka Press\, 2011).   Professor Tamale has won several 
 awards for defending the human rights of marginalized groups such as women
 \, sex workers\, homosexuals and refugees.  \n\nThis event is sponsored by
  the A G Leventis Foundation\n\nA reception will be held afterwards in the
  atrium\n
LOCATION:Seminar Rooms SG1 and SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road
 \, Cambridge
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