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Aisha Mukhtar Dodo

No Country for Mothers Women's Health in Northern Nigeria

Aisha Mukhtar DodoFebruary 23, 2017

Nigeria alone accounts for 14 per cent of global maternal mortality.

February/March 2017

Aisha Mukhtar Dodo

is a PhD candidate at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on bridging the social and cultural gaps in cancer management in Northern Nigeria.

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How university students played a key role in Kenya

How university students played a key role in Kenya's struggle for democratization. #OnSite⚡
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In our latest online essay, Ugandan-Kenyan author, Kasajja Byakika, explores how student activism fueled Kenya's democratization and was a form of protest and resistance against oppression.
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According to Byakika, ‘the first violent conflict between students and the authorities occurred in 1969 when Kenya's first vice president and later, the opposition leader, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, was denied permission to give a lecture at the University of Nairobi. Students protested by boycotting classes, citing a violation of their academic freedom. This incident was one of the first to highlight the fact that freedom of assembly, speech, and association (key aspects of a functioning democracy) were a big part of the demands that university students made of the establishment.'
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Learn more about how student activism helped to fuel democratization in Kenya by clicking the link in our bio.
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📝: Kasajja Byakika
📷 : Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (1911-1994) was a Luo chieftain who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President, and thereafter as opposition leader. Mohamed Amin.

After 400 years of British rule, Barbados has beco

After 400 years of British rule, Barbados has become a republic. #RxNews📡
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On 30 November, in a grand ceremony in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate Barbados becoming a republic and swearing in its first president, Dame Sandra Mason. The ceremony formally severed ties with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and ended nearly 400 years of British rule.
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In a speech, the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, acknowledged the ‘appalling atrocity of slavery’ the Caribbean island suffered. According to the BBC, the new era for Barbados ends Britain’s centuries of influence, including more than 200 years when the island was a hub for the transatlantic slave trade. Experts have said Barbados’ move may fuel other countries which have Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state to break away from the monarchy completely.
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At the ceremony, pop star and entrepreneur, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known as ‘Rihanna’ was named a national hero. Rihanna was previously named an ambassador by Barbados in 2018.
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Read more about Barbados and the countries still under British governance in today’s newsletter, which goes out at 5 p.m. (WAT). Sign up at the link in our bio.
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📝: Tomisin Awosika, Junior Editor
📷: 1) Barbados’ new president, Sandra Mason awards Britain’s Prince Charles with the Order of Freedom of Barbados during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados, November 30, 2021. Toby Melville / Pool via Reuters.

2) Barbados became a republic and swore in its first president, Sandra Mason, November 30, 2021. Randy Brooks / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

3) Rihanna is honoured as a national hero in Bridgetown, Barbados during the inauguration ceremony for president-elect Sandra Mason. Jeff J Mitchell / Pool / Getty Images.

4) Dancers perform at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony. Jeff J Mitchell / Pool via Reuters.

5) Dancers perform at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony. Jonathan Brady / Pool via Reuters.

Today in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested. #RxHistory

Today in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested. #RxHistory⏳
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On the evening of 1 December, 1955, African American human rights activist, Rosa Parks, was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to white passengers in a public bus when it was full—an act that went against the laws of Alabama, at that time. By law, Black people were also required to sit at the back of the bus. Parks' arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and led to a 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation.
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Read more about the Montgomery bus system boycott and Parks' achievements in today's newsletter, which goes out by 5 p.m. (WAT). Sign up at the link in our bio.
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📝 : Chiamaka Dike.
📷: 1) Woman Fingerprinted. Mrs. Rosa Parks, Negro Seamstress, whose Refusal to Move to the Back of a Bus Touched off the Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Associated Press, Feb. 22 1956. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.
2) A booking photo of Rosa Parks taken at the county sheriff's office in Montgomery, Alabama. Feb 22 1956. Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, via Associated Press.
2) Look magazine's staged portrait of Rosa Parks in the front of a bus. December 1956. Bettmann / Corbis.

What to Know About Omicron. #RxNews📡 On 24 Nov

What to Know About Omicron. #RxNews📡

On 24 November 2021, a group of South African scientists alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) about a new coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529, also known as ‘Omicron’.

The new COVID-19 variant has renewed concerns about the pandemic, almost a year after the Delta variant was first discovered.

While information about the new strain is still developing, here are five things to know about Omicron:

1. Omicron is the most concerning strain of COVID-19 yet.

2. Omicron was named after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.

3. Omicron was first identified by scientists in South Africa.

4. However, countries seem to be punishing South Africa for ‘doing the right thing’.

5. Travel bans don’t save lives. Vaccines do.

Learn more about the new variant by clicking the link in our bio.
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📝: Todah Opeyemi, Junior Editor.

The shared feminism of Nigerian literature. #OnSit

The shared feminism of Nigerian literature. #OnSite⚡

Buchi Emecheta was the author of ‘The Joys of Motherhood’. In our latest online essay, author, Mobólúwajídìde Joseph, examines the parallels between Emecheta’s novel and contemporary Nigerian feminist texts.

According to Joseph, ‘“The Joys of Motherhood” could be considered as one of the forebears of feminist issues on reproductive justice and culture within the rich Nigerian literary tradition. The parallels between Emecheta’s Nnu Ego in “The Joys of Motherhood”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Olanna in “Half of a Yellow Sun,” Lola Shoneyin’s Bolanle in “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives”, and Ayobami Adebayo’s Yejide in “Stay With Me” are striking. These women, like Nnu Ego, had to negotiate their place in a society that had cultural expectations of fertility while struggling to conceive. Yet, what is perhaps most striking is that despite the variance in settings (historical and geographical), these characters have a shared experience. The same issues Emecheta wrote on in 1979 with Nnu Ego, are still being contended with in more recent texts such as the 2006 “Half of a Yellow Sun”, the 2010 “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives”, and the 2017 “Stay With Me”.’

Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Let us know in our comments!

Read the full essay at the link in our bio.
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📝: Mobólúwajídìde Joseph
📷: 1. ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. [a]book.wormina / Instagram.

2. ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’, Lola Shoneyin. [a]shansbookspace / Instagram.

3. ‘Stay With Me’, Ayobami Adebayo. [a]asbthebookworm / Instagram.

Today in 1874, Winston Churchill was born. #RxHist

Today in 1874, Winston Churchill was born. #RxHistory⏳
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On 30 November 1874, two-time British prime minister, Winston Churchill, was born in Oxfordshire.
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Churchill rose to prominence in British politics before the First World War. During the Second World War, he led a coalition of nations against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Along with leaders from America and Russia, he shaped strategy for their allied nations against Adolf Hitler.
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Soldiers in Africa, under the banner of the Royal West African Frontier Force (WAFF), fought under Churchill and the allied nations. The forces for the WAFF were made up of troops from Britain's West African colonies in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia.
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Since his death in 1965, Churchill has been criticized for his imperialism and racist views—including his support for British colonization. Read more about Churchill‘s controversial legacy, in today's newsletter which goes out at 5 p.m. (WAT). Sign up at the link in our bio.
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📝: Wemimo Ogunmoyela and Chiamaka Dike
📷: Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill shaking hands with Nigeria's Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, on the grounds of Blenheim Palace during the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference. 8 June 1953. Keystone.

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