October 2019

This photos for our piece on the understated significance of Nigerian market women.

Women Like Olabisi The Understated Significance of Nigerian Market Women

Aderonke Adeola and Donna Etiebet·October 30, 2019

Despite their history of being at the forefront of social transitions, the economic and political contributions of market women in Nigeria have long been ignored and buried. Read More...

October/November 2019

This photo is for our piece on legalizing abortion

Abortion and the Right to Privacy The Case for Legalizing Abortion

Timinepre Cole·October 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. Read More...

October/November 2019

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

Adenike Fapohunda·October 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. Read More...

Ethiopia October/November 2019 South Africa Zimbabwe

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

Lionhearts The Artistic Novelty of Nigerian Women Directors

Ololade Faniyi·October 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. Read More...

October/November 2019

This image is for our piece on Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Muzz Muhammad·October 18, 2019

In Ghana, as in the rest of West Africa, queer people are subject to considerable repression, which may assume social and legal dimensions. Read More...

Fieldwork Ghana 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 Nuhu·October 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. Read More...

October/November 2019 Reading Eid