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Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, Gender and Body Politics in Nigeria

Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma·April 27, 2025

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s controversial suspension from the Nigerian Senate reveals the pervasive misogyny that seeks to undermine women in positions of power. It also highlights how beauty, often treated as a currency, can become a double-edged sword for women navigating gendered power structures in Nigerian politics and beyond. Read More...

April/May 2025 Nigeria

The Dangers of Celebrity Activism

Uma Edwin·April 27, 2025

For art to be revolutionary it must detach itself from the artist; and for revolutions to survive, they must reject the celebrity. Read More...

April/May 2025

Does the Government’s Anti-Ransom Ban Make Sense?

Oluwole Ojewale·April 27, 2025

While the Nigerian government continues to discourage payment of ransom to kidnappers, the failure of security operatives to tactically address the root cause means families of kidnapped victims are likely not to comply. Read More...

April/May 2025 Nigeria

‘Black Womanhood Is Not a Monolithic Experience’ Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s First Draft

Lola Akinmade Åkerström ·April 27, 2025

Travel writer and author of the upcoming novel Bitter Honey, Lola Akinmade Åkerström, wants to spark more conversations about the challenges of raising biracial children in white-majority countries: ‘Raising biracial children in a society that remains the last bastion of whiteness and making sure they are deeply self-confident and have a strong sense of identity is my utmost role as a mother in Sweden.’ Read More...

April/May 2025 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

7 Books That Will Break You, and Then Heal You

Ijapa O·April 27, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will break you and heal you right back. From the moving story about the separation of twin brothers to a sci-fi novel that transports readers continuously between the present and the antebellum past, the books on this list will make you cry, but they will also make you smile. Read More...

April/May 2025 Read Something African Reading

Why the Conflict in Congo Is an African Feminist Struggle

Feza Lugoma·April 20, 2025

The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo represents more than an isolated humanitarian crisis; it reveals a continental feminist struggle where Congolese women, far from passive victims, lead resistance against the same extractive capitalism that exploits women across Africa. Read More...

April/May 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Language of Violence

Ancci·April 20, 2025

South African poet Qhali’s Crying in My Mother’s Tongue: Ukulila, is a searing meditation on language and identity, intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, healing, and the intimate ties of motherhood and family. Read More...

April/May 2025 Reading South Africa

Exploring Global Mobility with Alma Asinobi

Osione Oseni-Elamah·April 20, 2025

Nigerian travel and lifestyle content creator, Alma Asinobi, is on a mission to redefine global exploration by making travel accessible to those with low mobility passports. Read More...

Africa April/May 2025 Interviews

Who Pays When Africans Fall Sick?

Anodi Kaihula·April 20, 2025

Across Africa, millions in the informal sector remain uninsured—not from apathy, but due to the exclusionary nature of health systems. In Tanzania and beyond, digital innovations offer promising models for more inclusive health insurance. Read More...

April/May 2025 Tanzania

Reading Gabriel García Márquez in Nairobi

Dennis Mugaa·April 20, 2025

With the recent Netflix adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, I recount what it meant to read his work as a young writer living in Nairobi. Read More...

April/May 2025 Kenya

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