Book Review
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Gelentine Day: 5 African Books That Celebrate Female Relationships
Summary: While the world celebrates heterosexual love on Valentine’s Day, Naija Feminists Media highlights books that celebrate female friendship, showing it is equally a powerful and awesome kind of love. In African literature, the most…
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Debunking the Myth of Women’s Endurance in ‘Chasing Butterflies’
Summary: Yejide’s novella, Chasing Butterflies, tells the story of a Nigerian immigrant, Titilope Ojo, who lives in constant fear of Tomide, a charismatic man with severe anger management issues who subjects her to regular verbal…
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No Forgiveness Without Justice: Dismantling The Move On Mantra in ‘Daughters Who Walk This Path’
Summary: ‘Daughters Who Walk This Path’ tells the coming-of-age story of Morayo, an intelligent girl who has a peaceful family life, an adoring younger sister, Eniayo and a host of extended family members. Her picture-perfect…
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Beyond Western Waves: Discovering African Feminism in The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga
Summary: In The First Woman, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi illustrates how feminism is not a foreign thing, but a reclaim of the original state of African female power that existed long before colonial and religious suppression.…
