Edda Manga


Edda Manga is a Swedish Historian of ideas, researcher, and public intellectual known for her work on Feminism, Anti-racism, and Religious history. She received the Clio Prize in 2004 for her doctoral thesis Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag.
Since 2016, Manga has worked as a researcher at the Mångkulturellt centrum in Sweden. She is also active in public debates on Gender equality and Multiculturalism in Sweden.
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Early life and education

Manga was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1969. She spent her early years in Colombia and developed an interest in History and Philosophy. She moved to Sweden at the age of 17. She later completed her doctoral dissertation Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag, which won the Clio Prize in 2004. Her early experiences as an immigrant influenced her later research interests in Feminism, Multiculturalism, and Anti-racism.

Career

In 2004, Manga was a summer host on Sveriges Radio P1 during the program Sommar I P1. That same year, she received the Clio Prize for her doctoral thesis Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag.
Since January 2016, Manga has worked as a researcher at the Mångkulturellt centrum, a Swedish institution focused on multiculturalism and integration.
She co-authored the book Att mäta rasism in 2020 with Mattias Gardell, Alireza Behtoui, René León Rosales, and Alexander Ekelund, examining Racism as a political and social issue.
Manga is active in public debates on Gender equality and Multiculturalism in Sweden and has defended Muslim women's right to wear the hijab.

Personal life

Manga is married to historian Mattias Gardell. They were aboard MV Mavi Marmara as part of the flotilla which tried to break the Israeli embargo of the Gaza Strip, before Israeli armed forces attacked the flotilla on the morning of 31 May 2010. Manga was deported from Israel and landed in Sweden on 3 June along with her husband and other Swedish left-wing activists. She denied allegations of IHH being a militant Islamist organisation, saying "They are not turkish islamists. They are a muslim organisation working with humanitarian aid in 143 countries." She further called the Israeli action irrational.

Works

  • Att mäta rasism
  • Utvägar - feministiska allianser för en solidarisk framtid
  • Slöjor, Authors Elin Berge, Edda Manga, Atlas, 2006,
  • Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag Glänta produktion, 2003,
  • Santas visiones y pecados extraordinarios Cecilia Rodríguez, Editor Edda Manga, Göteborgs universitet, 2002,