With the current social shift where women related issues are taking centre stage, it is becoming difficult to navigate the conversation sphere without stepping on people’s toes. However, there is more to the narrative than just women seeking to be seen and rather recognised as due contributors to existence. Female power deserves recognition not merely because of prevalent social injustices and sexual prejudices that women often encounter, but because of humanity. Without having to get into much detail regarding the social issues that have granted stage to feminism, we are well aware of the great extents that women have to go in order to get their voices heard. This feminism movement is not a new phenomenon as many might assume. Think the 1960s when women in America burnt bras in their quest to fight for women rights.

We can also ignore that even in the turmoil of women rights suppression and discrimination, we have seen a series of women that held power through the history of time: from Esther the wise queen to the queen of England. Needless to say Africa has not been left behind on this as we also have our own tales of female superiority in monarchs such as the Modjadji Kingdom, led for generations by a woman believed to bring rain (Modjadji The Rain Queen). And with all this evidence of absolute oestrogen reality, you would think that the world would be more revolutionised in terms their perspective on women but alas we are still falling short on prescribing policies that honour and recognise women as equal in the hierarchy of existence which is why we are still battling things such as gender inequality in work environment where women often catch themselves being disadvantaged in earnings as compared to their male counterparts.

Gender inequality has now become a common subject of activism with Hollywood stars now also speaking up on it. A-listers such as Gabrielle Union, Blake Lively, Taraji .P. Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross and many others have been actively engaging on this subject, with the hope of bringing awareness and thus influencing policies that regulate fair pay grade scaling between men and women. This movement seems to be gaining much traction especially stretching to the issue of colour as well. Janelle Monae even made a song in tribute to the fight against gender equality relating more to black women. Django Jane by Janelle made waves in the recent past weeks with Monae being very blunt in addressing the issue. Adding to that, we cannot also ignore that this emphasis and reinforcement of the female voice, the dress code and fashion is also shifting to accommodate the statement that women all over the world are purporting to express. Janelle Monae’s feminism voice has been her signature since she burst into the spotlight scene, often seen out wearing fitted tuxedoes and brogues to red carpet events as opposed to wearing glitterati gowns. A term has even been coined to sing out bravado of black women who have beat the odds to achieve admirable success regardless of gender inequality