PROF Awino Okech's Outputs (3)

Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies (2024)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2024). Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies. African Journal of sustainable Development, 14(1), 47-59

This paper examines contemporary debates on gender and the state in Africa as a contribution to debates that will inform the United Nations (UN) Summit of the Future in September 2024. Specifically, this paper focuses on two intersecting questions. T... Read More about Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies.

Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work (2024)
Book Chapter
Okech, A. (2024). Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work. In SAGE Research Methods Cases: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research (1-16). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529691009

This case study proposes an expanded model of shadow research for collaborative field research. I draw on my experience on a collaborative pilot study on women associated with armed groups in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria. This case study draws on the... Read More about Adaptive Shadow Research for Collaborative Field Work.

‘Queering the Black Musical Atlantic’: Black Queer Women artists and the shapes, textures and boundaries of Black Popular Music and Culture (2024)
Thesis
Falade, E. ‘Queering the Black Musical Atlantic’: Black Queer Women artists and the shapes, textures and boundaries of Black Popular Music and Culture. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis interrogates and examines how the sociality of the musicking of Black queer woman artists serves as a rich terrain to illuminate the politics of race, gender and sexuality within and beyond Black popular music. This study is orientated to... Read More about ‘Queering the Black Musical Atlantic’: Black Queer Women artists and the shapes, textures and boundaries of Black Popular Music and Culture.