From Ideology to Protest: Essays on Gender and Feminism

Elizabeth Adekogbe and the Women’s Movement of Nigeria How Elizabeth Adekogbe’s Nationalism Promoted Women

Tomisin AwosikaMay 12, 2022

Elizabeth Adekogbe was a nationalist, journalist, teacher, and women’s rights activist, who was the founder and leader of the Women’s Movement of Nigeria. Read more.

April/May 2022Nigeria

Who Was Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi?

Ibukunoluwa OlokodeMarch 18, 2022

Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi co-founded the Nigerian Women’s Party and helped establish Queen’s College, Yaba, in 1927. Read more.

February/March 2022Nigeria

The House of Representatives Will Reconsider Three Gender Equality Bills

Tomisin AwosikaMarch 9, 2022

On Tuesday, 08 March 2022, the Nigerian House of Representatives rescinded its decision on three of the five gender equality bills previously rejected by the higher and lower levels of parliament. Read more.

February/March 2022NewsNigeria

Nigerian Women Protest the Senate’s Rejection of Gender Equality Bills

Tomisin AwosikaMarch 3, 2022

On 02 March 2022, hundreds of women gathered at the National Assembly in Abuja to protest the rejection of five gender equality bills aiming to promote women's inclusion and representation in Nigerian politics. Read more.

February/March 2022NewsNigeria

The Right to Love The Fallacy of Homophobia in Postcolonial Africa

Promise Frank EjioforFebruary 21, 2022

‘African homophobia’ is a distinct variant of global homophobia because it is based on unique theoretical foundations that blend prejudices imported from non-African (mostly Western and Islamic) contexts. Read more.

February/March 2022

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.

February/March 2022Nigeria

Who Were the Lijadu Sisters?

Tomisin AwosikaFebruary 3, 2022

Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu were mainly active as the Lijadu Sisters from the 1960s to the 1980s—a time when it was rare to find front-women in Nigeria’s pop music scene. Read more.

February/March 2022GenderNigeria

Who Was Wuraola Esan?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 27, 2022

Wuraola Esan was a pioneering Nigerian women’s rights activist who became the first woman member of the Nigerian Senate in the First Republic. Read more.

GenderJanuary 2022Nigeria

What Does Africapitalism Actually Mean? Power, Gender and the Promise of Africapitalism

Immaculata AbbaJanuary 20, 2022

All forms of capitalism, including Africapitalism, ultimately, depend on the devaluation and exploitation of essential domestic labour, which women still perform almost exclusively in Africa. Read more.

December 21/January 22Nigeria

Who Was Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 20, 2022

Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo was a pioneering Nigerian feminist, activist, and civil servant who in 1968 became the permanent secretary of Home Affairs and Information in Nigeria’s Western Region. Read more.

GenderJanuary 2022Nigeria