Fatima Babiker Mahmoud
Fatima Babiker Mahmoud (Arabic: فاطمة بابكر محمود) is a Sudanese-born socialist feminist.[1]
Biography
[edit]She graduated from the University of Khartoum[2] and earned her doctorate at the University of Hull.[3] Her doctoral thesis was the basis of her most-frequently cited work, The Sudanese Bourgeoisie:Vanguard of Development? in which she traced the historical development of the modern Sudanese bourgeoisie and concluded that it had no progressive role to play in the development of Sudan.[2]
The Pan-African Women's Liberation Organisation (PAWLO) was established at the time of the 7th Pan-African Conference in Kampala, Uganda in April 1994,[4] and Mahmoud became its founding President. Addressing the first meeting of PAWLO, she said:
"African women share a common history, a common conceptual framework in understanding our reality in order to change it, and common enemies and friends within and outside Africa. We have similar challenges to face and a better future to look forward to. There is now a serious need for a new Pan African Women's organisation, embracing African women on the continent and in the diaspora, to address these commonalities."[4]
Mahmoud has previously served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Gender Studies.[5]
Selected writing
[edit]- المرأة الافريقية بين الارث والحداثة (African Women Between Heritage and Modernity) (2002)
- African Women, Transformation and Development (1991)
- Calamity in the Sudan: Civilian Versus Military Rule (1988)
- The Sudanese Bourgeoisie: Vanguard of Development? (1984)
References
[edit]- ^ Fatima Sadiqi (23 May 2016). Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa. Springer. pp. 170–. ISBN 978-1-137-50675-7.
- ^ a b Mahmoud, Fatima (1984). The Sudanese Bourgeoisie:Vanguard of Development?. London: Zed Books. p. back cover. ISBN 978-0862321833.
- ^ Messing, Simon (March 1985). "Fatima Babiker Mahmoud. The Sudanese Bourgeoisie–Vanguard of Development? (book review)". African Studies Review. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ a b Roy-Campbell, Zaline (June 1996). "Pan-African Women Organising for the Future: The Formation of the Pan African Women's Liberation Organisation and Beyond" (PDF). The African e-Journals Project. University of Michigan. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Editorial Board, Journal of Gender Studies". Journal of Gender Studies. 5 (2): ebi. 28 April 2010. doi:10.1080/09589236.1996.9960638.