Gender & Feminism
‘Lady’ A Feminine Critique of Fela
Fela’s attempt to invalidate or mock Lady, an African woman transcending the rigid gender norm is anti-feminine, anti-feminist and anti-Nigerian. Women in many pre-colonial societies in what is now known as Nigeria were empowered in ways that Fela’s Lady made fun of. Read more. Read More...
Wartime Forced Marriage and Sexual Slavery in Africa Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone
Years after civil wars have ended in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone, women abducted by rebel groups continue to experience exclusion. Their experiences reveal that reintegration is not linear but lifelong and potentially intergenerational. Read more. Read More...
Invisible People Situating IDPs in Nigeria’s Policies and Economy
Nigeria needs durable solutions that address the many challenges its displaced populations face. With 2.6 million IDPs, addressing displacement in Nigeria is both a moral and economic obligation. Read more. Read More...
Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests
There has never been any doubt as to whether women make effective leaders, but with #EndSARS the fact has finally taken root in the minds of every Nigerian. Read more. Read More...
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society
Many Nigerians grow up without a true appreciation of the roles women played in traditional Igbo society. Was British colonialism responsible for women's roles changing and did it cause the Aba Women's War of 1929? Read more. Read More...
The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language
Gender is a complex system that has more to do with society, culture and time periods than it has to do with biology. Read more. Read More...
Nigeria’s World of Male Terror The Logic of Sexual Violence
Violence against women carries with it the warning that it can happen again; that it is inevitable; that the power to harm still resides where it originated, with the oppressor class—men. Read more. Read More...
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness
Not even in fiction is Saartjie Baartman spared the reduction to her physical features that attends her life in Europe. Read more. Read More...
Who is Irene Cohen? The Re-Discovery of Feminist Freedom in Modern-Day Angola
Every year, Irene Cohen and Deolinda Rodrigues, two Angolan nationalists, are eulogized on Angolan Women’s Day on March 2; their short and tragic lives are made emblematic of African feminism and national pride. Read more. Read More...
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism
The process of the current development agenda does little to advance real development outcomes because of its persistence in catering to economic neoliberalism, which prioritizes economic growth over addressing the structural drivers of women’s subordination and oppression. Read more. Read More...
