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Research ArticleConditions and Possibilities for AfroNordic Feminist Knowledge Production

AfroSwedish Feminisms

An Intergenerational Dialogue

Jasmine Kelekay, Lena Sawyer and Ylva Habel
Scandinavian Studies, July 2026, 98 (3) 36-57; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.98.3.36
Jasmine Kelekay
Jasmine Kelekay (jasmine.kelekay{at}howard.edu) is an assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Howard University.
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Lena Sawyer
Lena Sawyer (lena.sawyer{at}socwork.gu.se) teaches in the Department of Social Work at Gothenburg University.
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Ylva Habel
Ylva Habel is an independent media and film studies researcher.
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    • Our Routes to AfroNordic Feminism
    • Structural Conditions and the Politics of Location
    • Language, Knowledge Production, and the Politics of Citation
    • Theorizing from the AfroNordic Experience
    • On Sweden and the Nordics
    • The Climate for Doing This Work, Then and Now
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