List of Figures

Part I: Introduction

1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism - Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande

Part II: Resistance, Solidarity and Coalition-Building

2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand' - Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi

3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid - Nadia Nadesan

4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France - Mwasi Collectif

5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity - Nicole Grégoire and Modi Ntambwe

6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper Activism - Claire Heuchan

Part III: Emotions, Affect and Intimate Relations

7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance - Gabriella Beckles-Raymond

8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland - Pamela Ohene-Nyako

9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging among Women of Colour in Germany - Johanna Melissa Lukate

10. Love and Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour - Ego Ahaiwe Sowinske and Nazmia Jamal

11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics - Lubumbe Van de Velde

12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files - Alecia McKenzie

Part IV: Surviving the Academy

13. In the Changing Light; Daring to Be Powerful - Yesim Deveci

14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention - Cruel Ironies Collective

15. Creating a Space within the German Academy - Melody Howse

16. A Manifesto for Survival - Sadiah Qureshi

17. At the Margin of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia - Oda-Kange Midtvage Diallo

18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways - Chijioke Obasi

Part V: Digital and Creative Labour

19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere - Kesiena Boom

20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance - Tia-Monique Uzor

21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe? - Dorett Jones

22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation - Stacie CC Graham

Notes on Contributors

Index