This article considers how the 2020 #ShutItAllDown feminist protests elu- cidate contemporary Namibian feminist activist culture in contrast to earlier generations of Namibian feminist activism. The protests sprung up among youth (particularly women) mostly under 25 years old, a demographic with little political influence and traditional cultural power. Thus, the organisers used strategic, transgressive disruption along with social media as fundamental to their activism. Given Namibia’s historically active and varied feminist and gender activist landscape, the absence of older women and feminist activists (with the exception of Sister Namibia) at these protests is noteworthy. This article asks: how does this absence speak to contemporary Namibian feminist activist culture?
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