Deconstructing the "Un African" myth through the Bantu Roots

Who told you that Queerness and Feminism are "foreign constructs" to Africa? If you look into the Bantu history, specifically the Abaluyia and broader East African story than the one modern anti-gender narratives try to sell us. Before colonialism, senior Luhya Women held systematic veto power over war, led spiritual councils and controlled agricultural economy. Pre-colonial Bantus worldviews viewed identity and community roles with fluidity, rooting everything in UTU, to mean a community wasn't whole if any member was erased. The rigid gender binaries and homophobia we see weaponized today were actually structurally imported during the colonial era. NB: Today's African Queer Feminists aren't copying the West; they are standing on the shoulders of precolonial matriachs and ancestors who fought for bodily autonomy and collective liberation. Happy Watching! Drop your comment too for someone to learn.