A young, energetic graduate responds to a call to volunteer her time and skills as an HIV peer educator and it becomes a life saver even though it did not appear so at that time. Alors 27 years old and newly married, Ihe Nkeiru had just completed the University and was ready to undertake her […]

When a friend suggested to Blessing Dickson, 17 years then that she accompanies her to an educational session at the offices of Girls Power Initiative (GPI) she was very reluctant. Not only was the meeting place a bus ride away, which she could not afford but also she really did not understand the essence of […]

Saiadatu Bala Ahmed is a 22-year-old married woman from Adamawa State in Northern Nigeria. Saiada as she is usually called has had her life transformed after watching the Vagina monologues play (‘V’- monologues) in Lagos. Saiada lives with her husband and 2 year old daughter in Apapa, a suburb of Lagos State. She is a […]

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Administratrice de programmes , Rapport Annuel ) and Thelma Owusu Boakye (Assistante de programmes, Rapport Annuel ) held a number of vox pops with some of the participants at the African Women in Film Forum, 16th-17th June 2010, Lagos, Nigéria. Below are a selection of Audio Files from the film forum. Your feedback, comments and thoughts are appreciated: Film […]

The display of youthful exuberance, intelligence, confidence and beauty attracted me to this young lady sitting in the mist of older ladies and who occasionally would chip in useful information about the organisation’s activities at a meeting with some staff members of Heal the Land Initiative, a grantee of AWDF at Akwa Ibom state in […]

Nous sommes ici à cause de Nollywood. Pour certains, c'est une raison de se réjouir, pour d'autres c'est plutôt une cause d'anxiété. Cependant, qu'un tel débat fasse même rage est un signe que Nollywood est devenu une institution avec laquelle il faut compter. Et être une institution implique des responsabilités. Nollywood ne peut plus être gâté comme […]

I arrived in Lagos on Sunday, 13th June ahead of the first African Women in Film Forum (AWIFF), which is being convened by AWDF in conjunction with Lufodo Productions. On previous trips to Lagos I have only spent a few hours before continuing to my final destination so quite pleased that this time I will […]