The melodrama surrounding women’s political leadership in Nigeria is at an ascending climax, igniting debate among advocates, stakeholders, and the cream of activists. Despite the inroads women have made into politics upon Nigeria’s independence in 1960, the marginalisation of women…
Ask the majority of people, even women, what a feminist choice is, and they would tell you it is a choice made by a woman. So whether she is choosing to be a stay-at-home mum, or choosing to change her…
“When we left Ile-Ife in Osun State, South-West Nigeria for Ibadan to hustle, it was not that work she told me on the phone. It was ashawo work.” – Faith, 17 At the open space of a prominent media house…
Today, September 8, is International Literacy Day, which is usually about reading and writing. But literacy is more than the ability to recognise letters on a page. It is also about engaging with ideas, questioning what you are told, and…