Articles By: Blacklooks

Will the real same sex marriage bill stand up?

Will the real same sex marriage bill stand up?

4 December 12, 2011 3:46 pm

Since the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill 2011 [SSMB] by the Nigerian Senate hundreds of online and twitter comments have been made supporting the Bill. By far the majority of these comments have defended the Bill on [...]

Heteropatriarcial recolonisation

Heteropatriarcial recolonisation

0 December 5, 2011 8:03 pm

On hearing the news of the passing of the Nigerian “Same Sex Marriage Bill 2011, my reaction was, I was too numb to even have a reaction at the miserable state of my country. Did I really expect anything different? Chude [...]

Women and the Nation

4 September 27, 2010 9:06 pm

by Sokari The original idea for this piece was to write a short essay on Nigerian Feminism over the past 50 years.  However there are still those who feel that “feminism” is unAfrican and I feel there needs to be [...]

Nigeria: Forced marriages and the age of consent

Nigeria: Forced marriages and the age of consent

0 April 26, 2010 12:36 pm

The former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima has married a 13 year old Egyptian girl for whom he paid her family $100,000. The “marriage” is being discussed in the news but no charges of rape and forced marriage are [...]

“Let us all be one family that Stands for Justice, Equality and Peace”

“Let us all be one family that Stands for Justice, Equality and Peace”

0 March 3, 2010 6:36 am

On Monday, 1st March, a group of activists and civil society organisations in Uganda presented a petition signed by 450,000 people from across the world opposing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The Petition was presented to Edward Sekandi, the Ugandan Speaker of [...]

Homophobia – past successes and future struggles

Homophobia – past successes and future struggles

0 January 27, 2010 11:20 am

I’m writing this post in response to number of articles on the prevalence of homophobia in Africa and to try and give some perspective and historical context.     In the last six months we have seen the expression of [...]

War against the people – truths and untruths

2 May 25, 2009 12:47 am

When I set out to write a review of this weeks Nigerian blogs I had it in my mind that I would write on the invasion and bombing of towns and villages in Warri region of the Niger Delta. To [...]