Written by Maryam Ibrahim Growing up as a woman in Nigeria, you quickly learn that many things are seen as your fault. From a young age, we watched movies about childless couples where the blame always …
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Written by Fatimah Haruna A typical girl’s hostel, bubbling with activities. The room is in perfect symmetry, with bunk beds at each of the four corners. Slices of joint wardrobe at the centre of the two …
Written by Nobuhle Nyoni PART 1 “I didn’t have a reason for snapping at Ropa today, but somehow, she got on my nerves. We always tease each other about our crushes and laugh, but today it …
Written by Oladoyin Alana The first time I summoned courage to question the church, I was in my teenage years. I couldn’t understand why my friend, Ruth*, refused to attend service one Sunday. When I asked …
Written by Rejoice A. Deborah sat with her legs crossed at the ankles, using the ballpoint pen in her left hand to draw circles on the jotter placed on her lap. Her head swam with a …
Korkor folded the last of her friend’s clothes with mixed feelings and zipped the suitcase. Dzifa had been a beautiful bride, and the wedding had been so lovely and emotional, but she couldn’t help but have …
Written by Mide Olabanji Chika Unigwe’s The Middle Daughter follows the life of a close-knit, upper-class family in contemporary Enugu, Nigeria. A week before Udodi, the first daughter away for school, would arrive for the holidays, …
Sex is meant to be pleasurable for both partners, yet the “orgasm gap”—the disparity between the orgasm rates of men and women during sex—indicates that women often miss out on the satisfaction they deserve in heterosexual …
Written by Lola Oye Once you get pregnant, the possibility really opens up to you. You know for certain this can happen again; you lose the almost cavalier edge/attitude of the person you were before your …
Written by Elizabeth Adunbi My mother and grandmother left an indelible pain in my heart. I will never forgive them for what they did to me. I have vowed to laugh at them even on their …