As I write this, Shell has just admitted that thousands of barrels of oil have spilt in the Bonga oil leak, the worst Nigeria has seen in over a decade. Nigerian universities are currently shut down on an impermanent strike. There have been more than a [...]
Cross-posted on MsAfropolitan Violence against women is the single biggest threat to peace. And November 25th (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) marked the beginning of 16 days of activism for ending gender-based violence so I am writing this [...]
Let’s face it, when it comes to the state of our country, we Nigerians are like infants refusing to admit that we’ve pooped. How else can we explain that despite being such an aware group of people, we also are [...]
For us Nigerian women there is a huge pressure to tie the knot. Post twenty-five annum, an unmarried status often calls for expressions of concern from family, friends and sometimes even ‘kind’ strangers. This concern can be terribly annoying and [...]
Independent writer and commentator on African diaspora society & culture, African feminism and racial identities, Founder of MsAfropolitan.com and HuffPo blogger Minna Salami was born in Finland, grew up in Nigeria and studied in Sweden. Minna has also crammed in periods [...]
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