“The Future That Was” by Durba Mitra
Decolonisation and nation-building were twinned processes in the second half of the 20th century. But for Durba Mitra, author of The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism, the age of decolonisation was also marked by the rise of transnational feminisms. Women from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean challenged authoritarian tendencies…