Book excerpt: About the publication This book focuses on the strategies that activists for LGBTIQ+ equality in Africa deploy to challenge deep seated homophobia and transphobia, as well as the politicisation of LGBTIQ+ issues. It is a peer-reviewed, edited volume with scholarly contributions from lawyers, anthropologists, and LGBTIQ+ activists. It covers different country situations – those where equality is taking root, as the case is in South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique; those where homophobia reigns and LGBTIQ+ rights are politicised such as, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia; and those where traditional LGBTIQ+ activism is almost a nonstarter, such as in Ethiopia, Sudan and The Gambia. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Acronyms and abbreviations Introduction Queer lawfare in Africa: Introduction and theoretical framework Siri Gloppen, Adrian Jjuuko, Frans Viljoen & Alan Msosa PART I: LAWFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF LIBERALISATION AND PROTECTION OF THE SEXUAL RIGHTS OF LGBT PEOPLE IN AFRICA Chapter 1 War by other means: The law and politics of sexual minority freedom in post-apartheid South Africa Jaco Barnard-Naudé & Pierre de Vos Chapter 2 Progressive legislation in the context of generalised conservative public opinion: The case of LGBT rights in Mozambique Carmeliza Rosário & Camila Gianella Chapter 3 Queer lawfare in Botswana Monica Tabengwa & Anthony Oluoch PART II: LAWFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTIVE POLITICISATION Chapter 4 Queer lawfare in Kenya: Shifting opportunities for rights realisation Nicholas Wasonga Orago, Siri Gloppen & Matthew Gichohi Chapter 5 Court focused lawfare over LGBT rights: The case of Uganda Adrian Jjuuko & Stella Nyanzi Chapter 6 LGBT+ rights lawfare in Malawi Alan Msosa & Chrispine Gwalawala Sibande Chapter 7 Against ‘the order of nature’: Towards the growth of queer lawfare in Nigeria Ayodele Sogunro PART III: LAWFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM Chapter 8 LGBT lawfare in response to heterosexual nationalism and the retention of the anti-sodomy laws in Zambia Landilani Banda Chapter 9 LGBTQI+ lawfare in response to the politicisation of homosexuality in Ghana Ernest Yaw Ako & Amanda Odoi Chapter 10 Senegal: Mobilising for gay rights in the shadow of HIV/AIDS Vegard Vibe Chapter 11 From a ‘crusade to root out homosexuality like malaria’ to a ‘non-issue’: The absence of sexual minority lawfare in The Gambia Satang Nabaneh Chapter 12 Digital lawfare and activism by lesbian, gay and bisexual persons in Ethiopia Getnet Tadele & Woldekidan Amde Chapter 13 Activism from the closet: Fear of a double backlash against a nascent queer movement in Sudan Liv Tønnessen, Samia al-Nagar & Samah Khalaf Allah Conclusion The kaleidoscope of queer lawfare in Africa Adrian Jjuuko, Frans Viljoen, Siri Gloppen & Alan Msosa