So let’s say I’m getting married. Firstly we’d have covered the bit about I’d prefer to keep my name. I’ve dated men who haven’t found this terribly bothersome and I’ve dated others who have. Someone once asked why I couldn’t double-barrel my name. It’s like, as a woman who chooses to marry, you’re either destined […]

I take for granted that ‘foreign-ness’ affords one a safety blanket not available to locals. So as they laze on the beach, she nestles her head between another’s bosom and strokes her side with her middle finger in a rather suggestive manner and at no point does she stop to think if this makes them […]

all that I ask of you is to stay past the pain for the pleasure.” – Goapele and Dwele – “You” I remember this today, as I wind down from my full day of classes, 2 presentations, and a mandatory seminar. All week I have been fretting about these two presentations, because I am […]

Dear Fellow Nigerian, I do not write this analysis just for fun but to bring to everyone’s attention, the personal and legal implications that the just recently passed Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Law (hereinafter referred to as SSMPL) has in store for us. This law just like every other one has two dominant factors, étant […]

[Ceci est un article en plusieurs parties. Lire une partie 1 cliquez ici s'il vous plait] « Le danger d'une seule histoire » « Beaucoup d'histoires comptent. Les histoires ont été utilisées pour déposséder et calomnier. Mais les histoires peuvent également être utilisées pour responsabiliser, et d'humaniser. Les histoires peuvent briser la dignité d'un peuple. Mais les histoires peuvent aussi réparer ça […]

*African Feminism(s) in Popular Culture* “From Miriam Makeba’s music to Oumou Sy’s fashion to Nike Ogundaike’s art, African feminists are at the forefront of using creativity to express that progressive thought is not only cerebral but also visceral and expressive.” *~ Minna Salami, MsAfropolitan* In March 2013, le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ) et le […]

Je suis formellement entrée dans le féminisme à l'université ou plutôt j'en suis venue à nommer ma politique "en tant que telle" à cette époque. Mais comme beaucoup d'autres jeunes femmes de ma génération, mes compréhensions formatives de, et les identifications au féminisme ont au fil des ans été façonnées par la culture populaire. Je pense à la façon dont les médias sociaux (and other […]

Gay was an obscure word until my first year in the University. I mean, in secondary school, I knew that girls did things to themselves in the dark in their hostels; my best girlfriend had written a long amused letter from her boarding school in Oyo State to tell me all about dykes and babes. […]