Decoloniality in Gender Discourse and PRAXIS: A View from the Margins

This book showcases Global South theorizations and understandings of gender.

By taking voices from the margins and putting them center stage, the book provides an important example of decoloniality in action, challenging a field that continues to be rooted in Western Feminist epistemology. The book first analyzes the history and development of gender discourse, before going on to investigate non-Western philosophy and frameworks around gender. Each chapter presents instances of decoloniality in action, with possible retheorizations and rationalizations of how to be decolonial within gender discourse and praxis. The book concludes by considering what the future implications of a truly decolonial gender discourse and praxis would be.

Offering detailed empirical accounts of decoloniality in action, this book will be a useful guide for researchers of gender and post-colonial studies.

Mtisunge Isabel Kamlongera is a scholar and educator with extensive experience in decolonial research methodologies, gender studies, and participatory communication for social change. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education from Oslo Metropolitan University, where her research focused on Interactive Radio Drama and Radio Listening Clubs as tools for critical pedagogy in Malawi, emphasizing Africana Womanism and Freirean approaches. Kamlongera also holds an MA in Communication and Development, an MEd in Critical Studies in Educational Foundations, and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Ohio University. As the faculty lead for a course on the Decolonization of Epistemology and Research Methods at MyGlobalEd.org, she designs and delivers content that intersects gender and decolonial thought. Her academic interests focus on critically engaging with gender, media, and development through a decolonial lens, prioritizing collaborative knowledge creation with marginalized communities to challenge dominant narratives. Her work has been published in leading journals, including Research Ethics and Gender and Education. Her research prioritizes collaborative knowledge creation with marginalized communities, centring their voices and experiences to challenge dominant narratives.