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 dozen bomb explosions this year. Schools are still teaching children more about Lord Lugard than of African icons that shaped history. About [...]

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 post to highlight and to express frustration with the (at best) lack of interest from African men when it comes [...]

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 collectively so complacent? After all, Nigeria surpasses many nations in submerging politics and society. Gather a group of Nigerians of [...]

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 in the case that one is single and desperately searching for a partner, distressing. With this kind of pressure placed [...]

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 living in Spain and New York and she speaks five languages. She currently resides in London where she is a high-flying [...]