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Who’s Writing Who? Literary Cultural Appropriation and Ethnicity in Nigeria

Zainab Omaki·February 8, 2022

Nigerian literature has always existed in the global space as ‘other’ literature, and writers often feel a moral responsibility to represent their ethnic cultures in the mainstream public space. Read more. Read More...

February/March 2022 Nigeria

Nigeria Has Announced a New Policy to Reduce its Fertility Rate

Mustapha Enesi·February 4, 2022

On 03 February 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development. Read more. Read More...

February/March 2022 News Nigeria

‘“Writers Write.”— My Mother’ Salem Afangideh’s First Draft

Salem Afangideh·February 4, 2022

Author of ‘Love and War’, Salem Afangideh, grew up on romance novels and has lately been gravitating towards wholesome texts about womanhood. Read our interview. Read More...

February/March 2022 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

Who Were the Lijadu Sisters?

Tomisin Awosika·February 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. Read More...

February/March 2022 Gender International Women's Day - Icons Nigeria

Who’s Running for Nigeria’s Presidency in 2023?

The Republic·February 1, 2022

In February 2023, Nigeria will hold its general elections, ending President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year term. Preparations for the elections have begun since 2021, when the Senate passed the Electoral Amendment Bill on 09 November 2021. Read more. Read More...

February/March 2022 News Nigeria

‘Writing is Like a Muscle’ Oyinkan Braithwaite’s First Draft

Oyinkan Braithwaite·January 28, 2022

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...

December 21/January 22 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

Who Was Wuraola Esan?

Tomisin Awosika·January 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. Read More...

Gender International Women's Day - Icons January 2022 Nigeria

The Madness of Competition Squid Game in the Nigerian Imagination

Promise Frank Ejiofor·January 24, 2022

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...

Best of 2022 December 21/January 22 Nigeria

What Does Africapitalism Actually Mean? Power, Gender and the Promise of Africapitalism

Immaculata Abba·January 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. Read More...

December 21/January 22 Nigeria

Who Was Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo?

Tomisin Awosika·January 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. Read More...

Gender International Women's Day - Icons January 2022 Nigeria

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