‘Writing is Like a Muscle’ Oyinkan Braithwaite’s First Draft
Author of My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, got the inspiration for her novel while reading about the black widow spider. Read our interview. Read More...
Month: January 2022
Who Was Wuraola Esan?
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. Read More...
What’s Happening in Burkina Faso?
On 24 January, Burkina Faso’s army announced on national television that it had ousted the country’s president, Roch Kaboré, in a coup. Read more. Read More...
The Madness of Competition Squid Game in the Nigerian Imagination
Much like Nigeria, in Squid Game, players emerge victorious not really due to their skills but due in large measure to cheating. Success is a matter of survival of the fittest but the fittest is the trickster. Read more. Read More...
What Does Africapitalism Actually Mean? Power, Gender and the Promise of Africapitalism
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. Read More...
Who Was Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo?
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. Read More...
Looking for God To Find God, I Had to Leave Religion Behind
I grew up wanting to get closer to God. But to find God I had to leave religion behind. Read more. Read More...
Review: Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad The Women in Lagos are Just as Crazy
Lagos men are not for the faint-hearted and Kuku’s women are not the women who ‘sit down and take it’. Read more. Read More...
What’s Happening in Mali?
On 14 January, thousands of Malians took to the streets to protest the sanctions imposed by the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over delayed elections. Read more. Read More...
Data, Public Interest and National Security The Politics of Data Security in Nigeria
The Nigerian government is trying to create a database that links mobile phone users’ SIM cards with their National Identity Numbers—but can any government today be trusted with citizens’ sensitive data? Read more. Read More...
