La Parole aux négresses is a founding book of Francophone African feminism by Awa Thiam published in 1978 with a foreword by Benoîte Groult.

It is considered a founding essay of intersectionality exposing the specificity of black women's feminism in the feminist movement from a francophone point of view.

[1][2] Awa Thiam explains that black women suffer from several oppressions simultaneously and the specific problems they face are not addressed within the white and western feminist movement.

Sexism - Racism - Existence of social classes (capitalism, colonialism or neo-colonialism).According to her African women must fight for their rights themselves and be wary of white feminists trying to provide help only by "fixing African women", an attitude that she describes as yet another form of colonialism:[7]People who understand nothing of ritual practices must beware of attacking them, especially when they base their judgment on criteria that bear no relationship to the mentalities of people in the society under consideration.

They also took up subjects considered taboo: Okouassai ou mal de mère by Kakou Okloomi addresses the issue of sterility, Le Baobab fou (1984) by Ken Bugul, addresses prostitution, Fureurs et cris de femmes by Angèle Rawiri miscarriages and also female homosexuality.

La voix du salut by Aminata Maiga Ka deals with polygamy, as does Une si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ published in 1979.