Desert flowers: Reflections on women, postcoloniality in Africa

May, the queen of all months, has finally come. In this beautiful time of year when colorful flowers are in full bloom, I find myself writing about a very different kind of flower, the "Desert Flower." This is the story of women living in Africa, far from Korea. I hope that we can relate to their stories. African feminist theologians have developed new frameworks from feminist and postcolonial perspectives. Mercy Amba Oduyoye, from Ghana, differentiates her work from American or European feminist theologies by taking the economic oppression and subordinate structures of women as her point of departure. She developed her theology through a rigorous dialogue with African culture and indigenous religions. Oduyoye seeks to overcome the deep-seated colonial legacy of patriarchy within Africa and the parochialism of Western feminist theology. While preserving African identity, she does not exclude the positive aspects of Western Christianity; rather, she emphasizes mutual hospitality through intercultural encounters. Musa W. Dube, a theologian from Botswana, has been a leading voice in postc

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