A Boomer, Millennial, and Gen Z Feminist on Intergenerational Tensions and Movement Building

The Feminist Bar Podcast · Aug 30, 2026 · 1h 1m

Host Tinatswe Mhaka sits down with Rumbidzai Musonza and Sarudzayi Njerere to talk about the tension running through African feminist movements between generations. They get into who holds institutional memory, who controls funding and resources, and how that shapes the relationship between older and younger organisers. The conversation covers the line between mentorship and gatekeeping, what digital organising has changed and what it hasn't, and what succession actually looks like when one generation hands the work to the next. They also make space for what intergenerational love actually…