Fuveen is Beautiful

Hello Friends!For the month of July, we'll spend time looking at the different ways in which crossdressing shows up in African culture and folklore. If you remember from the MA June Newsletter, last month, I got to chat about African Folklore and the Dynamics of Culture with my fellow Cameroonians Bee Lola and B.E. Lyonga who host the phenomenal Two Bees in a Pod podcast. There is a point in my conversation with the B’s where I flounder a bit while talking about the attitudes some Africans take toward unconventional dressing styles, especially when it intersects with gender roles. You will not believe how much time I've spent thinking about those few seconds.Thankfully, I have a whole podcast where I can - ahem - expand upon the topic at great lengths so here we go! Can’t Get Enough?Please follow and support the work of Awo Dufie (She🏳️‍⚧️) who goes by @awo_dufie on Twitter/X. She is a Ghanaian intersex/trans LGBTIQ activist whose work documenting the stories of queer elderly people is probably one of the most important projects on the continent right now. Her YouTube channel Documenting Queerness is great!Her are screenshots of her conversation with Fu-Veen (Beauty), a queer and cross dressing elder.Mythological Africans is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.References* American Psychological Association. (2024, May 16). Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity, and gender expression. https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender-people-gender-identity-gender-expression* The Anlu Rebellion: https://oxfordre.com/africanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277734-e-273* Epprecht, Marc. Boy-wives and female husbands: Studies in African homosexualities. State University of New York Press, 2021. Get full access to Mythological Africans at mythologicalafricans.substack.com/subscribe