africa Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/tag/africa/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png africa Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/tag/africa/ 32 32 Zambia | Same-sex couple arrested & shamed, face torture https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/27/zambia-same-sex-couple-arrested-shamed-face-torture/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/27/zambia-same-sex-couple-arrested-shamed-face-torture/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:09:32 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=96328 Police in Zambia have arrested two men after they were allegedly caught having sex, sending one for a forced medical exam.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/27/zambia-same-sex-couple-arrested-shamed-face-torture/feed/ 0 Did Ellen DeGeneres’ visit to Kenya and Tanzania go against her LGBT activism? https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/06/did-ellen-degeneres-visit-to-kenya-and-tanzania-go-against-her-lgbt-activism/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/06/did-ellen-degeneres-visit-to-kenya-and-tanzania-go-against-her-lgbt-activism/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:57:33 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=84319 American television host Ellen DeGeneres recently visited Kenya and Tanzania to celebrate her 60th birthday, with wife Portia De Rossi. Although the couple no doubt had the intention of enjoying the stunning scenery and wildlife that Africa has to offer, should we be concerned that such an influential member of the global LGBT community has traveled to […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/06/did-ellen-degeneres-visit-to-kenya-and-tanzania-go-against-her-lgbt-activism/feed/ 4 Love, violence and daily survival: inside Morocco’s LGBTI community https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/05/love-violence-and-daily-survival-inside-moroccos-lgbtiq-community/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/05/love-violence-and-daily-survival-inside-moroccos-lgbtiq-community/#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:29:40 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=84247 Omar is a 21-year-old gay Moroccan. He spends his life looking over his shoulder, trying not to draw attention to himself. I interviewed Omar while researching my book, Gender and Violence in the Middle East, and he told me: Personally, I try to be discreet, avoid getting too much attention when I’m in certain places […]

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