Where the European woman complains of being doubly oppressed, the Black woman of Africa suffers a threefold oppression; by virtue of her sex, she is dominated by man in a patriarchal society; by virtue of her class she is at the mercy of capitalist exploitation; by virtue of her race she suffers from the appropriation of her country by colonial or neo-colonial powers. Sexism, racism, class division; three plagues!
Where the European woman complains of being doubly oppressed, the Black woman of Africa suffers a threefold oppression…
By Awa Thiam