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

Women Can’t Be Heroes The Erasure of Female Pain and the Nationalization of Male Suffering

C. S. LozieFebruary 23, 2017

In the beginning, according to a version of the Yoruba creation story, Olodumare, the creator of the universe, sent 17 Oriṣas on a mission to establish the eart... Read More...

February/March 2017

The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017

A growing body of evidence points to the recognition that empowering women economically is essential not only for women to realise the full range of their right... Read More...

February/March 2017vol1-no1

Efuru Turns 50 6 Writers Visit Select Pages from Flora Nwapa's Debut Novel

The RepublicFebruary 23, 2017

On the fiftieth anniversary of Efuru’s first publication, we asked several writers to reflect on their experiences as women, readers and writers. Every week for... Read More...

Editors Picks: Independence DayFebruary/March 2017Library

A Day Without Women The #WomensMarch and Feminism in Trump's America

Chidinma Irene NwoyeFebruary 23, 2017

On January 21st 2017, multitudes of women throughout the U.S. protested the presidency of Donald J. Trump. But what started out as a national march against a pa... Read More...

February/March 2017

Rethinking Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Nigeria Why Abortion Laws Need Reform

Tolu AjiboyeFebruary 23, 2017

It is no news that many women around the world today are still being denied key sexual and reproductive rights i.e. their right to enjoy control over and make... Read More...

February/March 2017