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Nigeria’s Harsh Economic Climate Frustrates Women-Led Businesses
When the sun was golden brown at its apex, Oluwakemi Adeyemi, a hairdresser at Aguda-Ogba, Lagos, had her first customer on a weekend. She told me that in previous years, she typically had customers from…
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100 Women In Nigerian History You Probably Don’t Know But Should
What did the women before us do? We don’t know enough about them because Nigerian history has habitually underrepresented women. They are rarely the main characters in the stories that make it into Nigerian classrooms…
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International Women’s Day Must Go Beyond Performative Activism
Today, on International Women’s Day, Nigeria will again witness an outpouring of solidarity. Social media will be flooded with hashtags, organisations will roll out themed flyers, and politicians may deliver rehearsed speeches. But when the…
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“Who will lend us money now?” How domestic violence robbed Kokumo street
“I miss her! I really miss her!” Olajumoke Falade, a resident of Kokumo Street, said as she counted the naira notes in her hands. She frowned at the boy she had sent to collect the…
