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100			_a Pizmony-Levy, Oren _9120594
100			_a2024
100			_aMoland, Naomi _9120595
245		0	_aRigid Culture and Social Change: How African NGOs Educate about LGBTI Rights
260			_bComparative Education Review
260			_c2024
300			_a212-237
520			_aThis article investigates the educative practices of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) activists who contest claims that homosexuality is un- African and imported from the West. We situate this work within a theoretical framework about cultural contestation and how NGOs influence cultural change. Using data from interviews with nine NGO activists from eight African countries and a survey of 31 African NGOs, we explore the rhetorical strategies activists use to debunk claims that homosexuality is un-African. Activists cite examples of indigenous homosexuality in Africa and present examples of contemporary homosexual African individuals. These rhetorical strategies reflect a conceptualization of "African cultures" as rigid and unchanging-a conceptualization that differs from common scholarly assertions of the mutability of culture. We demonstrate how activists use this information to educate LGBTI people and their families, religious and community leaders, and the wider public through informal conversations, workshops, radio interviews, and documentaries.
650			_a African NGOs _9120596
650			_a Homosexuality _919346
650			_a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) _9120597
650			_a LGBTI Rights _9120598
650			_aCulture and Social Change _9120599
856			_uhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/729665
999			_c133741 _d133741