International Women’s Day – Essays

Interim Royals The Marginalization of Women-Regents in Present-Day Yoruba Monarchy

Foyin EjilolaMarch 23, 2023

Yoruba culture, particularly traditional leadership, holds that men are superior to women, so they dominate governance at most levels while women are considered unfit to lead in most cases. On these grounds, for women to assume the position of regents, tradition demands they discard their identities.

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Women, More or Less A Political Solution to Gender-Based Violence

Emitomo Tobi NimisireDecember 18, 2022

To end gender-based violence start by including more women in politics. Women make up half of Nigeria's population, but they have never held more than 15 per cent of elective offices. There has never even been a female governor or president in Nigeria.

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Between Christianity and Feminism Needing, Finding and Rejecting Answers

Adenike AkandeFebruary 9, 2022

What does a woman of faith do when her doctrines about God collide with her beliefs about equality? Read more.

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Women Who Lead Feminist Protests and Politics in Nigeria

Chioma Okafor, Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele and Dr Olubukunola OyedeleJanuary 10, 2022

For protests such as #EndSARS where women play prominent leadership roles, gender stereotypes that assign leadership roles to men encourage dampen these protests at a much faster rate than protests led by men. Read more.

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Gender, Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism The Anti-Colonial Legacies of African Women

Nnenna Ifeanyi-AjufoSeptember 8, 2021

That women’s participation in anti-colonial and nationalist struggles may not be as obvious in existing literature does not mean such participation was peripheral. Read more.

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Egba Women Unite! Lessons from the Egba Women’s Anti-Colonial Movement

Lanaire AderemiSeptember 8, 2021

For much of history, Egba market women have been erroneously (re)presented as ‘barbaric’ and ‘disorganized’. Such women, however, were indelible forces of anti-colonial resistance. Their legacies invite us to deconstruct anti-colonial struggles—a restorative and equally revolutionary act. Read more.

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Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests

Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021

There has never been any doubt as to whether women make effective leaders, but with #EndSARS the fact has finally taken root in the minds of every Nigerian. Read more.

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The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language

Grey AtandaNovember 25, 2020

Gender is a complex system that has more to do with society, culture and time periods than it has to do with biology. Read more.

International Women's Day - EssaysOctober/November 2020

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Women Kings, Invisible Reigns Decolonizing Western Feminist’s Interpretation of African Women’s Experiences

Haddy GassamaNovember 13, 2019

African womanhood as a lived experience and a symbolic ideology has withstood the trials of time. It has survived slavery, colonialism, and continuous flawed portrayals rampant in Western feminist discourse.

International Women's Day - EssaysOctober/November 2019