This Eid, read our selected essays and interviews about Islam, Muslim Identities and Cultures in Nigeria and across Africa. (Scroll down for more.)
Reading Eid
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science
Accommodationists insist that during crisis moments like the current COVID-19 pandemic, scientists should lead with research and innovation while the believers should pray to God to bestow scientists with the knowledge to produce the needed vaccines. Read more. Read More...
‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft
Nigerian author, Habiba Daggash says academic texts aren’t always as rigorous as people think. They just bury their flaws. Read our interview. Read More...
Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam
As women who are not blind to misogyny, Muslim feminists bring into existence an alternative to secular feminism, which leaves out any form of religious reference. Read More...
‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft
Essayist and author of ‘Zata Iya: A History of Hausa Feminist Writings’, Sada Malumfashi, has always wondered ‘how different and more diverse the stories of the first-generation Hausa novels would have been if women also participated in the writing process.’ Read More...
Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’
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’. Read More...
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings
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. Read More...
When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free
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...
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism
What better time than now to start to engage—or re-engage—with feminism? Here's what to read on the movement. Read More...
The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption
In discussing the politics of life across Africa, we cannot ignore religion. As Africans, our unique history of belief has made religion such an integrated part of our lives. Read More...
