She is She. The virtuous woman, swaying her waist, beads clanking and clinking, dancing about her as she moves. She carries herself with poise, a dimpled...
It is undeniable that Nigeria runs on patriarchy. From the elevation of male children to the continuous minimizing of the basic rights of girls and women,...
Arewa women are changing narratives and this time it’s on sexual assault and harassment. Men in northern Nigeria have always had it easy and the patriarchy...
Dear Nigerian woman, What do we do about this stubborn child called Nigeria? You see this thing they call public opinion, it’s not a privilege reserved...
He ran towards the house in boyish excitement. “Hey mom, I’m back,” he said breathlessly as he clambered up the steps to the veranda where she...
On December 15th, 2018, Damilola Marcus led the Market March Organisation to Yaba Market in a bid to protest the way male traders and touts harass...
We’re approaching the time of the year when we have the power to elect our leaders. This opportunity has been available to us every four years...
One of the investigations my wife had to go for while we were trying to conceive was the follicular scan. We were told it was part...
Some of the intriguing issues I was greeted with during my first week of arriving Kampala in 2005 were two messy divorce cases. I lived near...
Whenever a case of sexual assault is reported in the news and women are kicking, screaming and protesting, I always get disturbed about the silence of...
Becky couldn’t sleep. Earlier in the day, her husband and his mother, her mother-in-law, had an argument about another family member. Her husband had ended the...
The just-concluded season of TLC’s reality TV show “90-Day Fiance” had Michael and Angela, whose story together captured millions of viewers across the world. Like other...
The kids were tucked into bed following a marathon of board games, toilet runs, water requests, bedtime stories and the usual I-don’t-want-to-sleep-but-I-am-so-tired tantrum. It was finally...
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s famous TED Talk We Should All Be Feminists, the author discussed how girls are raised differently from boys, how the inequality begins right from...
Unsuspecting ʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ/ (Of a person or animal) not aware of the presence of danger; feeling no suspicion. Synonyms: unwitting, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, heedless, unmindful. On Twitter,...
Have you said these prayers recently: “In nine months’ time…”, “This time next year…”, “Ti e naa a de laipe (yours too will come shortly)”? Have...
We’re sure the BNers who won the ticket to the exclusive interactive session with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had a great time because we did. Tagged...
Originally, “Slay Queen” meant a woman doing amazing in life. A woman who is slaying. Remember Beyoncé’s “Formation”? She repeatedly sang “I slay, I slay!” There...
It really is the little things that come together to change the world. A 10-year-old girl Hannah-Marie Clayton has gotten cereal maker Kellogg’s to change an...
Bestselling Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a speech at Hubspot’s annual Inbound Conference where she was one of the keynote speakers for 2018. Click here...
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