Post Tagged with: "sexuality"

Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage

Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage

by / on October 3, 2011, 7:53 pm

by Akin Akintayo
Last week the Nigerian Senate debated the Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011 which passed its second reading and it has now moved to committee stage, however, the fact is Nigeria does not need such a law because there is no prospect of homosexuality gaining any normalcy in the society because the concept of same-sex marriage can take root.

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“Minstrelsy” – Fela Versus Broadway – The Charles Isherwood Review

“Minstrelsy” – Fela Versus Broadway – The Charles Isherwood Review

by / on February 20, 2010, 5:52 pm

I was told this blog post deserved a larger (Nigerian) audience – cross-posted here NYT theater critic, Charles Isherwood, fires the first volley in the Fela! backlash, and I must say about time too; like a Barack Obama inevitably losing some luster, i thought the backlash against Fela! was also inevitable; the more rave reviews a musical about a radical Nigerian [...]

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