​AFRICA

The Drums of the Past, Rhythms of the Future

In South Africa, the sound of drums has long carried both memory and defiance — from anti-apartheid marches to today’s protests against gender-based violence. For feminist activists, rhythm is more than music: it is urgency, solidarity, and survival. This essay reimagines feminism not only as discourse but as rhythm — a practice of timing and resonance that links ancestral struggles to transnational futures.