Culture & Society
‘I’m Addicted to the Process.’ Dare Olaitan’s First Draft
Filmmaker, Dare Olaitan gets excited about the process of filmmaking and believes some stories can never become films. Read our interview. Read More...
A Particular Kind of Bildungsroman Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man
Tope Folarin’s ambitious novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, offers a grand examination of provincial societies and, ultimately, the human condition. Read More...
‘I Don’t Remember Typos’ Fu’ad Lawal’s First Draft
Editor-in-Chief, Fu'ad Lawal is a non-perfectionist who dreams of a West Africa-As-A-Country story. Read our interview. Read More...
The Pressing Need Expanding Access to Safe Abortions in Nigeria
While there may still be an ongoing debate on women’s right to an abortion, certainly women who choose to have abortions deserve access to safe procedures. 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...
‘Genres are Formless, Protean Things’ Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s First Draft
What surprises sci-fi author, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, about writing is ‘how storytelling captivates’, the undying power that underlies ‘the simple act of telling a good story.’ Read More...
‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft
Author and Sino-Africa scholar, Oreva Olakpe, wants more happiness in books about African women. Read our interview. Read More...
‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft
Each time author of ‘A Woman among Women’, Saratu Abiola, writes, her truth is at stake. Hence, she writes, ‘to learn what I know and what I don’t, organizing my thoughts in as intellectually honest a way that I can so that I come away from it with more clarity than when I started.’ Read More...
‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft
What fascinates author and linguist, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, about language is its ‘resilience despite human attitude’; its ability to ‘find its way, though not always in the directions we want.’ Read More...
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria
Although it is dangerous to entertain doubts towards the threat of COVID-19, Nigerians may have justifiable reasons to be sceptical about the government’s approach. Read More...
