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The Dark Side of Charity

Ijapa O7 September 2025

The Dark Side of Charity

Kanyin Ajayi’s English adaptation of French author Marie NDiaye’s Rien d’humain reveals the dark side of charity while also asking audiences to consider how gender violence affects women of various classes.

Driving Through Life as a Fully Veiled Muslim Woman

Muti’ah Badruddeen7 September 2025

Driving Through Life as a Fully Veiled Muslim Woman

Mutia’ah Badrudeen documents how her decades of driving, as a fully veiled Muslim Yoruba woman across multiple countries, reveal prevailing social ideas about gender, identity and belonging.

How ‘Defending African Values’ Masks a New Colonization

Arya jeipea Karijo17 August 2025

How ‘Defending African Values’ Masks a New Colonization

The Christian supremacist groups defending ‘African family values’ are heirs of the forces that destroyed Africa’s traditions of gender diversity, communal kinship and spiritual practices. Their campaigns today are not a defence of culture, family or sovereignty, but a second wave of colonization.

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Africa’s Role in the Future of Artificial Intelligence

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OLADIPO FARADAY NOVEMBER 24 2025

Nigeria celebrates its 65th independence anniversary during a period of uninterrupted 26 years of democratic governance..

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A Vision for Nigeria’s Queer Future.

A Vision for Nigeria’s Queer Future.

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WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025

WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

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Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Finding rest on all soul’s day

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Finding rest on all soul’s day

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Finding rest on all soul’s day

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Finding rest on all soul’s day

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Finding rest on all soul’s day

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Finding rest on all soul’s day

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Finding rest on all soul’s day

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Finding rest on all soul’s day

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025

Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.