A collection of thought-provoking essays shaped by an Africa-centered feminist sensibility.
 
"A probing, challenging and imaginative book that dares position black feminism as the prism through which we can better experience and understand the world. . . . An important addition to the feminist canon in that it shifts our world view and introduces new and exciting possibilities for ways of being.”—Bernardine Evaristo, Man Booker Award-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
 
One of the most exciting and influential social critics emerging today—named by Elle magazine as “one of twelve women changing the world” alongside Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie—Minna Salami offers fresh insights on key cultural issues that impact women’s lives. Sensuous Knowledge explores racism, power, beauty, and knowledge, as well as Afrofuturism, radical Black feminism, and gender politics—all with a historical outlook that is also future-oriented. Salami draws upon a range of traditions and ideologies, feminist theory, popular culture—including insights from Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and others—science, philosophy, African myths and origin stories, and her own bold personal narrative to establish a language for change and self-liberation.
Using dazzling prose, entrancing storytelling, and ancestral knowledge to steer us toward freedom, Salami reveals the ways that women have protested over the years in large and small ways—models that inspire and empower us to define our own sense of womanhood today. In this riveting meditation, Salami asks women to break free of the prison made by ingrained male-centric biases and build a house themselves—a home that can nurture us all.