Gendered Violence in Nigeria #16Days – Sokari Ekine
In the early hours of the morning of the 20th November, 1999, 27 trucks carrying over 2000 soldiers plus 4 armored personnel carriers mounted with machine guns drove into Odi[…]
Author: Sokari Ekine
Culture and Society · Literature
Interview with Uche Umez – Sokari Ekine
Uche is the author of two collections of poem: Dark through the Delta, and Aridity of Feelings; a short story collection Tears in Her Eyes, and two children’s fiction: Sam[…]
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Analysis · Culture and Society · Politics
Will the real same sex marriage bill stand up?
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[…]
Analysis · Culture and Society · Politics
Heteropatriarcial recolonisation
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[…]
Women and the Nation
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[…]
Nigeria: Forced marriages and the age of consent
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
“Let us all be one family that Stands for Justice, Equality and Peace”
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
Homophobia – past successes and future struggles
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[…]
War against the people – truths and untruths
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[…]