Radical Anthropology<p>Article of the week by Wambui Esther Kimani here: <a href="https://c.im/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> diverse forms of <a href="https://c.im/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> are how we became human (and grandmothers need big respect!)</p><p>'The nuclear-only view of the family is truly unAfrican. Our stories are full of women who parent without partners, boys who grow up with grandmothers, queer folk who build homes full of joy, and communities that stretch wide enough to catch whoever is falling. Those are the true African families.'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/kinship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kinship</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/09/african-families-diversity-communal-genderfluid-queer-history-rightwing-gender-nuclear#Echobox=1752038078" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2025/jul/09/african-families-diversity-communal-genderfluid-queer-history-rightwing-gender-nuclear#Echobox=1752038078</span></a></p>