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Hamamat Montia’s Shea Butter Museum and the Future of Ghana’s Shea Butter Industry
Summary: Hamamat Montia’s journey from beauty queen to Ghana’s Shea Butter Ambassador spotlights the economic power of women in the shea industry. Her leadership challenges the undervaluation of women’s labour, advocating for fair trade, local…
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Electoral Act Amendment: The Misogyny Behind Feminising Godswill Akpabio to Express “Incompetence”
Summary: Amid outrage over the Electoral Act amendment, critics of Godswill Akpabio resorted to feminising him to imply incompetence. This article argues that such rhetoric is misogynistic and distracts from real accountability. Nigeria’s political failures…
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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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Why Female Circumcision in The Gambia is still FGM. No Harm and Happy Marriage Claim Fails
Summary: In a recent post by BBC News Africa reporting the news on the Gambia government lifting the ban against female genital mutilation, a Gambian user commented saying that in Gambia they don’t practice FGM but…
