As early as the 1980s, women questioned a system that requires them to support themselves by cultivating foods they can't consume. Decades later, this type of economic coercion persists. This weekend, we will use Dr. Mary Njeri Kinyanjui's Tea and Coffee documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Ush8842Iw&t=101s) to spark discourse and agitation around a specific form of imperial/colonial economic exploitation that disproportionately impacts African women, particularly peasant women farmers. Join us as we listen to and engage with the women who labor in cash crop plantations, as well as explore humanizing strategies to resist the globalized economic exploitation of African women peasant farmers.

~ Ruuzuna Akoth