Emboldened by Outsiders, Restricted at Home: How Sexism Holds Back Queer Women in West and Central Africa

Abstract

DOI: 10.1215/07402775-3903616 A BIDJAN, Ivory Coast, and DOUALA, Cameroon—In Nathalie’s telling, she and her twin brother, Julien, were regulars on the dirt soccer fields of their hometown in southwest Ivory Coast from the moment they could run with a ball at their feet. As children, they dreamed of professional contracts in Europe and, one day, the superstardom attained by their legendary compatriots Didier Drogba and Yaya Touré.