Friday, January 17, 2014

More on Nigeria's Anti-Gay Bill

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Following up on my post yesterday  considering the public health angle on the anti-gay bill (hint: it's terrible for public health), I s...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Nigeria's Anti-Gay Law and Our Political Leadership

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The best policy-making is often a study in political leadership.  In 1986, the UK government under Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher em...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

bell hooks and MHP on Feminism and Being Black in America

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I absolutely loved this insightful and brilliant public conversation between bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry over at the New School ...
Monday, October 21, 2013

An Appreciation of Fela Kuti and Some Thoughts on Nigeria

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I don't use this space nearly as much as I should, but I did get some writing done recently. Here's me in the Mail and Guardian ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Section 29 and the Personhood of the Nigerian Womanhood

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Nigerian lawmakers have lobbed a curveball, and the citizens have responded by swinging in anger. Sen. Yerima, in a coup at the Senate durin...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Blogging the Caine Prize - Pede Hollist "Foreign Aid" and the Diaspora Conversation

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I am  blogging The Caine Prize Shortlist  with a coterie of bloggers. Check out the blog round-up for reactions to the stories on the shortl...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Blogging the Caine Prize - Tope Folarin's "Miracle"

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I am blogging The Caine Prize Shortlist with a coterie of bloggers. Check out the blog round-up for reactions to the stories on the shortl...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Taiye Selasi's Ghana Must Go and the Question of Magical Immigrants

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I'm excited to be joining  a coterie of bloggers to review of Caine Prize shortlisted stories, just like I did last year , mostly becau...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Caine Shortlist Blogging - La Salle de Depart

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Here's the fourth installment in my blogging of the Caine shortlist, along with others in a ZunguZungu -led coterie of bloggers. The st...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Caine Prize Shortlist Review - S. O. Kenani's "Love on Trial"

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Here's the third installment in my blogging of the Caine shortlist, along with others in a ZunguZungu -led coterie of bloggers. The stor...