Anima Adjepong, PhD

Founder and Interim Executive Director | info@silentmajority.com

Anima Adjepong is the founder and interim executive director of Silent Majority, Ghana. Inspiration for this organization came directly out of Dr. Adjepong’s research about Ghanaian cultural politics. While working on their book, Afropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities and Culture from Houston to Accra (2021), they learned that despite structural homophobia and transantagonism at the level of the state, capital C culture and religion, individual Ghanaians were willing to learn about and engage with queer people as friends, siblings, relatives, and community members. This was the case both in Ghana and the United States. Recognizing how oppressive cultural, political, and religious forces silenced opportunities for allyship and vocal support of queer Ghanaians, Dr. Adjepong formed Silent Majority, Ghana to offer communities of solidarity, popular education, and transnational coalition building.

Dr. Adjepong is a writer and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Cincinnati.