Upcoming Event: The Enduring Power of African Feminisms: Celebrating 20 Years of the African Feminist Forum
Promotional flyer for forthcoming IG Live titled, “The Enduring Power of African Feminisms: Celebrating 20 Years of the African Feminist Forum.” The featured speakers include Françoise Moudouthe (right) and Florence F/Khaxas (left).
By Black Women Radicals
Join us for an IG Live in celebration of twenty years since the founding of the African Feminist Forum.
Join us for the IG Live, “The Enduring Power of African Feminisms: Celebrating 20 Years of the African Feminist Forum” with featured guests Florence F/Khaxas and Françoise Moudouthe.
The IG Live will take place on Friday, April 17 at 6 PM GST/1 PM EST on Black Women Radicals’ Instagram @blackwomenradicals.
About the event: The African Feminist Forum (AFF) is a regional gathering that brings together African feminist activists to discuss strategy, refine approaches, and develop stronger networks to advance women’s rights in Africa. Created to affirm and uplift the progressive visions and strategies of African feminists, AFF held its inaugural convening in Ghana in 2006, where over 100 African feminists from the continent and across the diaspora gathered to strengthen feminist mobilization. During AFF 2006, the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists was created, which established the collective values of AFF. Since then, AFF has hosted other convenings in Uganda (2008) and Senegal (2010).
Twenty years since the inaugural forum, AFF will convene this year in Windhoek, Namibia from August 10-12, 2026. This IG Live will feature Florence F/Khaxas and Françoise Moudouthe, steering committee members of AFF 2026, who will discuss what to expect at the forum; why AFF is needed in this contemporary political moment for African and African Diasporic feminists; and the enduring power and imagination of African feminisms.
About the Speakers
Florence F /Khaxas
Photo of Florence F /Khaxas. Courtesy of Florence F /Khaxas.
Florence F /Khaxas is a feminist activist, A dedicated African WHRD. She is the Founder and Executive director of Y-Fem Namibia Trust which is dedicated to advancing the women's rights of girls, young women in all diversity and she is also a founder of Namib WHRDs network newly formed protection network for defenders in Namibia. Florence is an entrepreneur and resource feminist movement through autonomous alternative funding models.
Françoise Moudouthe
Photo of Françoise Moudouthe. Courtesy of Françoise Moudouthe.
A pan-African feminist with roots in Cameroon, Françoise Moudouthe is the CEO of the African Women’s Development Fund, a feminist fund that resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa. Earlier in her career, Françoise supported The Elders in setting up Girls Not Brides, the global civil society partnership to end child marriage, and spearheaded its growth in Africa. She later founded Eyala, a bilingual platform that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of African feminists and provides them with learning and solidarity spaces. Françoise serves on the Boards of the Equality Fund and Africa No Filter, and co-chairs the Board of Prospera, the International Network of Women’s and Feminist Funds. She is a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader alumni (class of 2022) and a 2024 Skoll Fellow.