Morality, then, is a weapon, and generations of Africans have been indoctrinated into its famed cult. You should then be far from startled that the mere mention of homosexuality, although practised in veiled quarters for traditional, spiritual, or aesthetic purposes, is never given a fair hearing
Read MoreDesta’s winning story, Ethio-Cubano, is a collection of memories where Cuban and Ethiopian cultures collide.
Read MoreI swear if you throw a stone at random in Hillbrow, you are likely to hit a Zimbabwean. Or some other African. Who that stone hits is up to fate!
Read MoreIn this essay, Dr Alloh examines the plight of international students in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAs a teenager, I grew up on a diet of popular fiction, and Kalu Okpi, even more than James Hadley Chase, initiated me into the world of the word.
Read MoreExamining the roles of feminist women during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria
Read MoreThe decision by “rebellious” African writers like Ngugi wa Thiong'o to divorce themselves completely—in action, word and deed—from all that is Western in orientation sparks a debate as to whether “moderate” writers like the late Chinua Achebe can be categorised as apologists or pragmatists.
Read MoreAbdulrahman’s satire on #EndSARS paints a history of bad governance in Nigeria.
Read MoreWhen I spoke to my colleague in Nigeria, he mentioned an increasing belief that the virus is a problem only among the elites in Nigeria and, possibly, Africa.
Read MoreIt is this faithfulness to the African tongue that sets Ngugi apart from his bourgeois peers like Wole Soyinka.
Read MoreEveryone is fighting for relevance in a world of irrelevance. We let so many die of hunger and thirst today, so we may fill our bellies with wine and steak tomorrow.
Read MoreIn one story, a woman walks into a river to drown. In another one, a man leaves his partner, goes back to the village to a home that had stopped being home, and becomes mad. It’s all fear and flight.
Read MoreIt was in actively becoming involved with the feminist movement that I began to really see the many misconceptions of the movement that people had.
Read MoreI look to the diaspora for black America’s future rather than finding redemption in the United States.
Read MoreEven if the argument of black-on-black crime is accurate, the BLM movement in its current form would still not be hypocritical because the movement aims to end structural racism.
Read MoreRape and consent in Nigeria
Read MoreWhat I really need these days is a cup of tea with a friend who simply asks: “Are you ok, ma?”
Read MoreWhen I travelled to Africa as an adult, I saw how deep the miseducation went. There were myths to bust. Like Africa being a monolithic country where it’s eternally hot and people are scantily clad.
Read MoreAs the need for social distancing, self-isolation and quarantining increases, the small businesses that power our communities will need to brace for impact.
Read MoreOnly three days to go!
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