Muslim & Queer
I started wearing hijab when I was around three years old. It was both cultural and religious, so I never questioned it and wore it on and off until I […]
I started wearing hijab when I was around three years old. It was both cultural and religious, so I never questioned it and wore it on and off until I […]
Despite evidence of homosexual customs pre-dating the colonial era, intolerant laws are flourishing across Africa. Abuja, Nigeria – Fourteen years ago, at the age of 19, Ifeanyi Orazulike could no […]
But behind the smiles and occasional loud laughter lies a troubling nightmare that Ndiaye has to live with. It’s not the worry of living with a terminal illness or threat […]
Bassey Ngehaje does not have a problem using condoms. When that moment approaches, when he’s aroused in the company of an alluring woman, Bassey pulls out a condom and puts […]
This is not an essay. A few days ago, Kenyan novelist, Wainaina Binyavanga, tweeted a set of remarks he called “a brief scientific history of demons.” Aaron Bady of New Inquiry compiled and edited them into […]
Ask an African man what he thinks about feminists. Go ahead, and record their answers so you can email it to me later. I like a good laugh to start […]
For her exhibition “Archival Impulse & Poverty Pornography”, Ayana V Jackson turns to the archives to touch on the representation of black bodies. The flyers pasted around the cobbled streets […]
I don’t like to call it that, “a booty” dance, but it got your attention. I’m presently in Tanzania as part of a reporting fellowship and I was talking to […]
Tanzanian freelance journalist, Erick Kabendera, writes about the traditions and customs in Tanzania’s Tanga region related to women and sexuality. Tanga women pass down ideas to girls on how a […]
I got a job in New York City a few years ago. I was new to the American North; I still reeked of the South. Pillsbury biscuits, Georgian peaches and […]
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