Modern African women versus traditional African women: a reply to Simphiwe Sesanti’s “African philosophy for African women’s leadership: an urgent project for the African Renaissance"

This paper begins with Simphiwe Sesanti’s claim in “African Philosophy for African Women’s Leadership: An Urgent Project for the African Renaissance” (Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies. 9:9 (2016): 94-107) that women’s leadership (liberation) is realizable by using historical and cultural ideals with women celebration as informed by traditional African philosophy. Second, an assessment of the strengths and the weaknesses of his arguments is made with a focus on four potential limitations of his claim. Thus, overall, it is argued that the limitations could misinform and misguide possible responses, thereby making his claim not achievable. This critical review also provides some points that could make his key claim more realistic and achievable.