Gender & Feminism

This photo is for our peice on Gendering Social Protection

Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa

Chimezie AnajamaFebruary 14, 2020

Gender-sensitive social protection programmes are vital to Africa’s mission of eradicating poverty, evolving into an inclusive and equitable society, and fulfilling the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

February/March 2020

This photo is for our piece on Between Feminism and Islam

Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020

Anyone who truly puts Islam before misogyny would enthusiastically seek to fight for women’s rights in accordance with Islamic principles, without having to identify as a ‘Feminist’.

February/March 2020Reading Eid

This photo is for our essay on the feminist reading of Achebe's women

Achebe’s Women A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoJanuary 20, 2020

A feminist reading of Achebe's texts is a restoration of the visions of women not only in Africa's past but also in the continent's present and the future.

December 19/January 20vol4-no1

Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019

The feminist champions of Hausa literature have their pens ready, full of fire, energy and imagination, emitting hidden truths through their words, and steadily reinventing the narratives of women in Northern Nigeria.

December 19/January 20Editors Picks: Independence DayReading Eidvol4-no1

This is photo is for our piece on Women Kings, Invisible Reigns.

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.

October/November 2019

This photo is for our piece on legalizing abortion

Abortion and the Right to Privacy The Case for Legalizing Abortion

Timinepre ColeOctober 28, 2019

Legalizing abortion does not mean that all pregnant women should get one. Rather, it is about the right to privacy, freedom of choice and the preservation of female autonomy.

October/November 2019

“Stop Killing Us!” South Africa's Plague of Masculine Violence

Adenike FapohundaOctober 23, 2019

It is almost impossible to live in South Africa and be unaffected by prejudice; masculine violence in South Africa is a weaponization of this prejudice.

October/November 2019

This image is for our piece on Genevieve Nnaji and Kemi Adetiba

Lionhearts The Artistic Novelty of Nigerian Women Directors

Ololade FaniyiOctober 21, 2019

With directors like Kemi Adetiba and Genevieve Nnaji, women telling women’s stories is the saving grace that Nollywood never knew it needed.

October/November 2019

This image is for our piece on Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means To Be Free

When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019

Oppression does not exist in a vacuum. It exists to serve the demarcation between the superior and the inferior, no matter how faulty such a demarcation is. And the demarcation there was a piece of clothing, a veil.

October/November 2019Reading Eid