This article seeks to broaden understanding of issues and controversies addressed in social science research on women's and gender studies by research and activists based in English-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. The topics covered were selected from those ratified by African women in the Africa Platform Action in 1995 as well as from current debates on the politics of identity. The common feminist issues the authors identified were health; gender-based violence; sexuality, education, globalization, and work; and politics, the state, and nongovernmental organizations. In addition, the authors address theoretical and methodological trends. All four coauthors are feminist sociologists: One scholar is based in an African academic institution, two are Africans based in U.S. acadeic institutions, and one is an African American based in a U.S. academic institution.