Lifestyle
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“I Knew My Marriage Would End” — Halima Kazaure Opens Up on Divorcing Bashir El-Rufai
Nigerian lawyer Halima Kazaure, ex-wife of Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has opened up about her life after divorce, writing about single parenthood, falling in love again, heartbreak, and navigating…
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The Power of Asking “Why”: Dr Chisom Paula Ogamba on Language, Feminism and the Stories We Inherit
Dr Chisom Paula Ogamba is a linguist, lecturer and researcher whose work explores language, gender and culture. Recently recognised as the best graduating PhD student in her department at Babcock University, she has spent years…
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“Ageing is not a crime”: Kaffy Criticises Viral Trend of Women Hiding Age
Nigerian dancer and choreographer Kafayat Shafau, popularly known as Kaffy, has criticised the growing tendency among women to hide, alter or apologise for their age, arguing that women have been taught to see getting older…
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‘Mumu for Marriage:’ The Unspoken Price Nigerian Women Pay to Become Wives
From time immemorial, women have been conditioned to dull their intelligence so as to demonstrate that they are wife material. This conditioning weighs on women physically and mentally, because the ticket to being chosen in…
