The Nigerian professor, poet, critic, editor, activist and leading feminist thinker Molara Ogundipe has passed on at 78. She died on Tuesday, 18 June, in her home in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria. One of the most cited theorists in gender studies, she is best known for founding Stiwanism, a sub-movement of feminism. Articulated in her […]
Tag Archives: African feminism
This is Why Adichie Believes Her Great-grandmother Was a Feminist
When we talk about the lives of African women in pre-modern times, we tend not to evoke the word feminism. But in a recent interview with UK’s Channel 4 News, Adichie claims that her great-grand mother who lived in pre-christian times was a feminist. The claim is significant for a few reasons. First of […]
BP Book Feature | Zainab Omaki’s Side Babies Explores Modern African Love
Zainab Omaki’s Side Babies is a collection of short stories exploring the lives of women. The debut collection comes as a recent addition to the fast growing catalogue of UK-based publishing house Bahati Books. The modern African woman takes center stage in all seven stories inspired by the realities of being female in a place such as Nigeria. […]
Adichie Celebrates The Swedish Translation of Her Feminist Chapbook With Lovely Video Message
Yesterday, Sweden’s largest publishing house Albert Bonniers Förlag released the Swedish translation of We Should All Be Feminists. Titled Alla Borde Vara Feminister, the translation represents yet another win for a book that has become the go-to document of global feminism. To launch the new translation, Albert Bonniers Förlag partnered with The Swedish Women’s Lobby […]
Ibadan Girl at the Stockholm Pride | Ayodele Olofintuade | An Essay
Where Are All the Black People? Their eyes slide away from yours. Your smile is never returned. You’re black, you’re wearing ‘native’ attire… you stick out like a sore thumb. Yes they are black too, and they used to be like you, proudly wearing their ‘native’ prints, but now, all they want is to blend […]
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