Tamale, SylviaBennett, Jane2022-11-182022-11-182011Tamale, S., & Bennett, J. (2011). Legal Voice: Challenges and Prospects in the Documentation of African legal feminism. Feminist Africa 15 Legal Voice.1726-4596https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5339Feminist struggles in Africa are fought from various fronts, with the law representing but one of them. While law and judicial reforms are not a panacea gender inequalities, the legal front is a central plank in this struggle as both shield and sword—a shield to protect women against discrimination and the violation of their fundamental rights, and a sword to challenge and overturn unjust sexist practices and to effect fundamental change to the status quo. While by no means a magic bullet the law can indeed be a critical game changer in the gender political landscape.enFeminist Africa 15 Legal Voice: Special issueArticle