Digital archives immortalize West African culinary and political history
By Kay Ugwuede
The seeds that blossomed into Ozoz Sokoh’s FeastAfrique, a digital archive and library of West African culinary history, were several: past experiences documenting the history of African cuisine, curating libraries for individuals...
Researchers are digitizing Nigeria’s cultural heritage. But can they bring stolen artifacts home?
By Nosmot Gbadamosi
Last August, artist Emeka Ogboh received a call. The world was in the thick of unwavering Black Lives Matter protests that toppled statues of slave traders and confederate generals. Activists were attempting...
FESPACO 2017: What future for Malian cinema?
The challenges of the training and the jobs in cinema and broadcasting were at the heart of the debates at the 25th edition of the FESPACO, Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou,...
The #ArewaMeToo movement endures
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
When pharmacist Khadijah Adamu logged into Twitter in February, 2019 to narrate the horrific physical abuse she survived at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, she could not have guessed that she...
“Not all men,” but Nigerian women continue to feel unsafe
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
On May 30th, 2020, while dealing with the unforeseen consequences of the global pandemic, Nigerian women came together to mourn the death of Vera Uwalia Omozuwa, a Nigerian student who was...
Book : Mali, between torments and expectations
In a sober book, Anta Barry makes an uncompromising diagnosis of the security, political and humanitarian crisis that has thrown Mali in the midst of the turmoil and from which it is now rising....
Adji Sarr and Ousmane Sonko, or rape culture at its zenith
By Aïda Dramé
What country is this when at night, the law of the strongest strikes? These mythical lyrics of Michel Berger keep repeating in my mind when I think about the recent events in...
Mali: the « Bamako » series, polygamy at the heart of the plot
The new « Bamako » series, shooting in the Malian capital tells the story of a polygamous home « united in adversity ». Objective: to show everything beautiful in our capitals, according to the...
Queer Nigerians return to a homophobic learning environment
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
In December 2020, the umbrella body for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) called off its strike, and schools began resuming classes. After months of staying at home...
The #RepealSSMPA protest got people talking. But what’s next?
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
The hashtag #RepealSSMPA began to trend on Nigerian Twitter and beyond on March 21st, 2021. #RepealSSMPA was a solidarity action in response to Nigerian queer Youtuber VicWonder, who called for the...