“Queer” is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities of sexuality and gender, but also for situating Africa’s position in the larger economy of knowledge. Otu and van Klinken explore the productive tensions between “queer” and “Africa,” and aim to read Africa as queer and to read queer from Africa. Thus, rather than imagining Africa and queer as polar opposites, the authors seek to harness the critical, productive, and creative affinities between these two terms that are vital for the project of decolonizing and queering queer Africa.

“酷儿”是非洲研究中一个相对较新且颇具争议的术语。然而事实证明，它是富有成效的，不仅有助于理解非洲性和性别的主观性，而且有助于确定非洲在更大的知识经济中的地位。奥图和范·克林肯探讨了“酷儿”和“非洲”之间富有成效的紧张关系，旨在将非洲解读为酷儿，并解读来自非洲的酷儿。因此，作者并没有将非洲和酷儿想象为截然对立的事物，而是试图利用这两个术语之间批判性、富有成效和创造性的相似性，这对于非洲酷儿的去殖民化和酷儿化项目至关重要。