The Jacaranda Paper is a synthesis of African feminist thought leadership, emerging from a feminist convening held in Nairobi in February 2025, co-organized by Akina Mama wa Afrika, The Nawi Collective, and ActionAid International.
It captures the collective reflections, critiques, and visionary propositions of African feminists seeking alternatives to neoliberalism and its impacts on the continent.
African feminist academic and activist research and knowledge on neoliberalism and its impacts in the majority world is vast, yet often excluded from conversations on neoliberalism.
Despite more than a decade of the crisis of neoliberalism, the myth that ‘there is no alternative’ persists outside of progressive circles.
Author's summary: African feminists propose alternatives to neoliberalism.