The Erasure of queer women in Nigeria – #SheCalledMeWoman tweet chat with YNaija.com
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The Erasure of queer women in Nigeria – #SheCalledMeWoman tweet chat with YNaija.com

In a tweet chat with YNaija, Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Rafeeat Aliyu, editors of She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak, spoke extensively on their experience of editing the book, interviewing the narrators and the struggles of queer women in Nigeria – some of whom they said, have faced both severe experiences trying to live their truth and the enormous support they have received in Nigeria.

March 20, 2018 0 Comments
Lagos in the Literary Imagination through 10 books
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Lagos in the Literary Imagination through 10 books

Of course, we are excited about Lagos Noir and we thought we would whet your appetite with 10 Lagos books. Whether it is your favourite Nigerian playground or your most fearful, let us take you on a literary tour across Lagos so you can understand why Lagosians fondly call their city: eko akete ilu ogbon (Lagos, city of iniquity, city of wisdom).

February 6, 2018 0 Comments
According to Ozy, ‘What Sunny Saw in the Flame’ by Nnedi Okorafor is a book to add to your reading list!
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According to Ozy, ‘What Sunny Saw in the Flame’ by Nnedi Okorafor is a book to add to your reading list!

Nnedi Okoroafor’s young adult fiction, What Sunny Saw in the Flame, published in the U.K. and Nigeria by Cassava Republic Press (the book is referred to as Akata Witch in the USA), is the first story in a series that sees the heroine, Sunny, an albino American-Nigerian girl of Igbo ancestry, and her group of friends, take on evil forces that are bent on destroying the world.

January 28, 2018 0 Comments