On the African continent, coloniality/modernity and the (un)freedom of queer peoples intersect in particular historically embedded and newly oppressive ways, making queerness a significant area for transformative struggles. This article draws from the learnings of a collaborative project, called the Qintu Collab, wherein queer African youth created an anthology of graphic stories and a set of podcasts based on their life experiences. The project aimed to link academic scholarship with art and activism through a specifically queer feminist perspective in an effort towards decolonising methodology; and to explore queer collaboration as an antidote to the coloniality of power of dominant western perspectives on queerness and the marginalisation of queer Africans, particularly in countries where same-sex sexuality is criminalised. Taking a feminist queer perspective, we explore the potential of participatory creative research as decolonial practice, to reveal the complex messy work of working together. Specifically, we address the question of when collaborations begin and how methodological decision-making takes place; assumptions about shared ideology and how ideological differences, in our case around notions of queer politics and personhood, are addressed within collaborative settings, as well as how the imagined audience shapes collaborative processes. Our learnings are pertinent for anyone undertaking participatory research collaboration as a transformative endeavour. We want to trouble the idea that participatory collaboration and creative methods are sufficient as decolonial practice. We found that early shared decision-making, (queer) insider research and creative methods were significant for raising and holding contestation and ideological difference, as well as enabling critical thinking and conscientisation. However, maintaining an open, collaborative process conducive to decolonial thinking and doing was hard, ongoing and imperfect work, as we constantly negotiated personal and structural conditions of coloniality.

在非洲大陆，殖民地/现代性和酷儿民族的（非）自由在历史上嵌入和新压迫的方式特别交织，使酷儿成为变革斗争的重要领域。本文取材自一个名为Qintu Collab的合作项目的学习，该项目中，非洲酷儿青年根据他们的生活经历创作了图形故事选集和一系列播客。该项目旨在通过特别古怪的女权主义观点将学术奖学金与艺术和行动主义联系起来，努力实现非殖民化方法论；并探索同志合作，以解决西方对同志和非洲同志的主流观点的权力殖民化问题，特别是在将同性性行为定为犯罪的国家。从女权主义酷儿的角度出发，我们探索了参与式创造性研究作为殖民实践的潜力，以揭示共同工作的复杂杂乱工作。具体来说，我们解决的问题是何时开始合作以及如何进行方法上的决策。关于共同意识形态的假设以及在我们的案例中围绕酷儿政治和人格观念的意识形态差异是如何在协作环境中解决的，以及想象的受众如何塑造协作过程。我们的学习与从事参与式研究合作作为变革性努力的任何人有关。我们想对参与式合作和创新方法足以作为殖民主义实践的想法感到困扰。我们发现早期的共同决策，（酷儿）内部研究和创新方法对于引发和保持竞争和意识形态差异以及促进批判性思维和认真化具有重要意义。但是，由于我们不断地商定殖民地的个人和结构条件，因此维持开放的，有利于殖民主义思想和行动的协作过程是艰巨，持续和不完善的工作。