Stopping Babies From Being Ritually Killed in Nigeria
In 2016, I learned about a community in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital city of Abuja that was practicing a generations-old cultural ritual that involves killing babies. […]
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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 […]
Zin’naariyâ! (‘The Wedding Ring’)
It’s a beautiful new film by the Nigerien journalist and film director, Rahmatou KEÏTA, which explores the themes of longing, love and travel. The film is called Zin’naariyâ, which means the […]
Preserving a ‘Poor Man’s Sport’
Recently, I became quite interested in a sport called dambe. It’s a martial art derived from the Hausa people of West Africa. It’s akin to boxing, or kickboxing, actually, […]
Remembering #IfAfricaWasABar
One of the best hashtags ever! Remember? The hashtag grabbed the attentions of millions of people. I was certainly one of them. It all started in July 2015. […]
The lost children of Nigeria: Boko Haram orphans thousands
Thousands of youths orphaned or separated from their parents by Boko Haram’s campaign of violence face ongoing trauma YOLA, Nigeria — Rose Wakulu is exhausted. Yet the 25-year-old […]
In Nigeria, neglected women bear the shame of fistulas
At least 500,000 women have vaginal fistulas, largely as a result of lack of medical care during pregnancy and labor JOS, Nigeria — After giving birth five times, all Amina […]
Miss Jill Scott, Black History Month
Miss Jill Scott. I love you. Not because you have a beautiful face and a wonderful body and a delicious voice, but because of what and who you represent. You […]
The Afro-German Experience Under Hitler
January 27 is the UN’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Commemorated to remember the liberation of Auschwitz, largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers But I am writing this […]
Life or Death: Investigative Reporting In Nigeria
A few weeks ago, a Nigerian journalist uncovered alleged cases of rape and sodomy in a boys’ school in Kano, northern Nigeria. Reporting on a sensitive cultural taboo, the journalist […]
Afrocentric Confessions 