Sex Lives of African Women and Raising a Body-Positive Daughter with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, who is the author of Sex Lives of African Women and the co-founder of Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women. Nana discusses the breadth of sexual identities and experiences across Africa, and how her book is challenging narrow stereotypes of African women. Nan and Hannah chat about how African women often feel pigeonholed into conversations that don’t represent their personal female sexual pleasure, how the book offers new perspectives on polygamy, and why Nana wanted to put these stories about African women and sex into the world. Finally, Nana speaks about her own journey with sexuality and pleasure as a queer woman as well as raising a body positive daughter and the importance of communal parenting.
CW: mentions of miscarriage and FGM
✨MORE ABOUT NANA DARKOA SEKYIAMAH✨
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is the author of The Sex Lives of African Women, which Publishers Weekly described as “an astonishing report on the quest for sexual liberation” in their starred review. It was also listed by The Economist as a best book of the year. She is also co-founder of Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, a website, podcast and festival that publishes and creates content that tells stories of African women’s experiences around sex, sexualities, and pleasure.
- The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9780349701639 (affiliate link)
- Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women podcast: https://adventuresfrom.com/
- Nana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dfordarkoa/
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