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The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
20 reviews
eilatan6991's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Grief, and Colonisation
jenamlani's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
lolita_applebum's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Abortion
miainthemargins's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
nadine7's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
seeceeread's review
3.5
A frien put me on by giving "a fat five stars" to this interview collection with "stories across age, religion, sexuality, gender and relationship status." Darkoa crisscrosses continents and a few languages to achieve such diversity in perspective. Subjects are remarkably candid — I often marveled at the details shared. For much of the book, I thought the women were forthcoming due to friendship (many have known the author for years) but in the end, NDS explains that it's moreso because interviewees were determined to break their silence to achieve pleasure and healing. Every story comes with its own content warning to encourage prepared engagement.
Some parts felt extremely relatable, even sadly predictable: partners' jealousy, youthful naivete that gave way to self-assurance, sexual assault. Still, I was agape at some of the drama and shenanigans: cheating, boarding school trysts, cheating, repeatedly returning to Red Flag Relationships, cheating, confiscated sex toys at the airport, more cheating. I'm curious about the set of questions that guided NDS.
I did not like the audio presentation. Several narrators sound prepared for more traditional theater, and they overperform the "characters" they inhabit, which perhaps added to my sense of distance from some contributors.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment
islasoul's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Rape and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pedophilia
mitchie100's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
lottieminney's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail