Since 2000, five female chief justices have been appointed in Africa, in countries as diverse as Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Malawi and Zambia. Each of these appointments was a ‘first’ in terms of the gen
A sequel to Bauer and Dawuni's pioneering study on gender and the judiciary in Africa (Routledge, 2016), International Courts and the African Woman Judge examines questions on gender diversity, repres