Feminist Reflections #1 NOV. 2018 A FEMINIST CONVERSATION: Situating our radical ideas and energies in the contemporary African context Patricia McFadden Patricia Twasiima his essay is the outcome of a conversation T between two radical African feminists, Patricia McFadden and Patricia Twasiima, who unapologetically and with sheer pleasure, think, live and share feminist ideas and imaginaries. Both are part of the African Feminist Reflection and Action Group.They live in eastern and southern Africa, respectively, and whilst they are‘separated’ by distance and age in very conventional ways, their ideas and passions for freedom and being able to live lives of dignity through their own truths as Black women on their continent, and beyond, are the ties that bind them inseparably as Contemporary African Feminists in the 21 st century. The conversation they are engaged with and in ranges over several core challenges and tasks that have faced feminists ever since the emergence of a public radical women’s politics of resistance against patriarchy. But it also reflects on new faces of patriarchy and oppression we are confronted with today and on how women`s struggles to counter them can be strengthened.