'We Will Not Be Silent': Our Essays on Gender and Feminism from Ideology to Protest

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.

Best of 2022February/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 2022International Women's Day - EssaysNigeria

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 2022GenderInternational Women's Day - IconsNigeria

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.

GenderInternational Women's Day - IconsJanuary 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.

GenderInternational Women's Day - IconsJanuary 2022Nigeria

Review: Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad The Women in Lagos are Just as Crazy

Nneoma KenureJanuary 18, 2022

Lagos men are not for the faint-hearted and Kuku’s women are not the women who ‘sit down and take it’. Read more.

December 21/January 22Nigeria

Elizabeth Olowu: Nigeria’s First Female Bronze Caster

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 13, 2022

Princess Elizabeth Olowu is a sculptor who is recognized as the first female bronze caster in Nigeria. Read more.

GenderInternational Women's Day - IconsJanuary 2022Nigeria

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.

December 21/January 22International Women's Day - EssaysNigeria