On Women
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South Africa Author, Lisa-Anne Julien, Emerges 2026 Africa’s Commonwealth Short Story Recipient
Summary: South African author Lisa-Anne Julien has won the Africa regional prize at the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her winning entry, “Me and Ma’am,” details the evolving relationship between a domestic worker and her…
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Lagos State Government Issues Warning Against Consumption of Spoilt Tomatoes
Summary: The Lagos State Government, through its agency, Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA), has issued a strict health warning to residents to refrain from buying or consuming spoiled or fungus-infested tomatoes. These fungus-infested tomatoes…
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‘Treated as Third-Class Citizens’: The Hidden Struggles of Single Mothers with Disabilities
Visual artist and single mother of three, Olubunmi Oyesanya, was coming back from her teaching job on the night of Feb. 3, 2015, when a franchise of Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) rammed into her…
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Dual Patriarchy: A Feminist Reading of Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come
Summary: Sefi Atta’s debut novel follows Enitan Taiwo, a girl from an elite Lagos household with a deeply religious, grieving mother and a politically vocal lawyer father. It later progressed to cover her relationship with…
