Kithinji, CarolineMaleche, HellenMasiga, AnnMasiga, Julie2024-07-312024-07-292024-07-312021Kithinji, Caroline., Maleche, Hellen., Masiga, Ann., Masiga, Julie., (2021)., Between Autonomy and Solidarity: An African Woman’s Autoethnography., International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics., Volume 14, Number 2.807590https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4875.2Journal ArticleAbstract As an infant, my grandmother chewed my food for me because I was not capable of chewing on my own. As an adult, most African men still want to chew my food for me. So, how do African women consent to research when culturally they must surrender their autonomy? We join in solidarity and create our own collective autonomy. We know the rules of our patriarchal society and outwardly adhere to them. As an ethicist, I (Caroline Kithinji) have developed a sense of responsibility and solidarity with female research subjects; we collaborate in the full understanding of our lack of autonomyenautoethnographyautonomyplace holdingsolidarityArticle