This month, the spotlight is on writer and film director Abigail Chukwu. Abigail, who has written, produced and directed short films like ‘Love Does Not Look Like This’ and ‘Stay’, which can be found on her YouTube Channel, Gail of Lagos, describes her journey into filmmaking as ‘bittersweet’ like an…

I try to avoid online debates on gender and feminism. In fact, I avoid online arguments in general, period. Why? Because I am someone who enjoys drama as an innocent bystander, or rather, in the voice of Roddy, voiced by Hugh Jackman in Flushed Away, ‘a Millicent Bystander.’ However, in…

“I would kill you and the man if I ever hear that you are meeting him in secret.”- Mezie (Akwaugo)

In 2019, I spoke to Angel Nduka-Nwosu about the Abuja police raid. Several women were arrested, molested, and raped by the police. This raid led to a march on the police headquarters to protest against gender-based violence and the inhumane treatment of the arrested women. Angel Nduka-Nwosu was one of…

Hi all, welcome to Aminat’s Corner. I am Aminat, and I was born in the mid 9os, so I am only just turning sixteen. Don’t ask me how. I am a self-published author who works 9–5 as an editor for a publishing company in Nigeria. I have always wanted to…

I have always been curious about death. I think about my death, sometimes in a suicidal way and other times not. I think about the death of others — the death of loved ones and the death of those I could care less about — and it’s not death in…

I wrote some articles a few years back; they were supposed to be feminist articles — little did I know that they were rooted deeply in internalised misogyny. One of such articles was titled “The Blurry Lines of Consent.” Looking back now, that was a very cringe-worthy article that basically…

Africa as a whole is a largely superstitious society. In Nigeria, where I’m from, we have strong superstitious beliefs and while the reasons behind most of these superstitions may come from a good place, some are ridiculous and some are deeply rooted in misogyny and tend to aid rape culture…

The African society generally abhors disrespect. Taking Yoruba culture, for instance, it is disrespectful to call an older person by their first name. The honorifics, aunty, or uncle are preferred. However, when a woman becomes a mother, aunty becomes disrespectful to her. She must be called by her child’s name…