# Transnational feminism for Global Africa  
African feminism, once freed from the burden of proving its authenticity and relevance, embraces a transnational outlook derived from a long experience of transnational contacts across the African world. The example of the PanAfrican Women's Organization (PAWO) reminds us that African women have recognized the merits of continental unity since at least 1962. More than half a century later, the convening of the fourth African Feminist Forum (AFF) in  
Harare in 2016 marks a radically different moment and heralds twenty-firstcentury possibilities. The African Feminist Forum has convened four times since its creation in 2016, attended by hundreds of African women on the basis of their identification with feminist politics. The Forums are uniquely designed, self-critically reflective celebrations of continental feminist movements in all their diversity. Pursuing a transgenerational and inclusive mobilizing strategy, the AFF promotes the hosting of national forums to involve and inspire hundreds more women across the continent. ${ }^{12}$