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This chapter draws key lessons from the diverse contributions to this volume on women researching Africa. It reviews the methodological challenges, issues of power, access and representation, as well as privilege and identity. The differential experiences of researchers based on a complex and interrelated range of factors, primarily: gender, ethnicity, age and social position, highlight the need for critical reflection within research on positionality, engaging clearly and explicitly with gender as part of this process. Our conclusions draw attention to gender in researcher positionality in researching Africa (and elsewhere), and for women to do research differently by breaking away from the colonial knowledge frames which traditionally enforce gender anonymity.
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Kelly, M., Jackson, R. (2019). Women Researching Africa: Linking Experience to Practice. In: Jackson, R., Kelly, M. (eds) Women Researching in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94502-6_15
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