Culture and Society · World Affairs
The Rape of Men
Since the beginning of time, rape (and other forms of sexual violence such as sexual torture, sexual slavery, forced prostitution) has been used as weapons of and in war. From[…]
Category: Culture and Society
Lagos, a crisis of overpopulation, poverty and slums
The startling issues reported in this video do not seem to feature on the agenda of the authorities in Nigeria. The Nigerian government, like most of its other African counterparts,[…]
Culture and Society · Perpectives
The Dangers of a Single Nigerian Narrative
NigeriansTalk started a new feature in June where we feature monthly guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow Nigerian politics and cultural happenings. We hope this will liven up the site[…]
Nigeria: Corporal Punishment, Step-Childhood and Marital Security
Cross-posted from my blog at akinblog.nl The harrowing story of a boy Woman Arrested For Battering Son [1] read the news headline and that is just part of what is[…]
Meet the Adebanjo’s – A British-Nigerian Sitcom – Review
Hilarious! She said Somehow, there are certain trends I do not react to or acknowledge until it catches the eye of certain members of my social network at which point[…]
Culture and Society · General · Health · Review
Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence
A husband’s murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.
Culture and Society · Literature · Writing
Jacqueline Maduneme’s Ada’s Daughter – A review
Author – Jacqueline Maduneme Publisher/ Date – Pointed Arrows (May 2011) Book Title – Ada’s Daughter (356 pages) Genre – Memoir (Dysfunctional Families) Reviewer – Myne Whitman Source – Review[…]
Nollywood for Human Rights
Note: This post was written last week A more specific title would be ‘Nollywood for Child Rights, Women’s Rights and Against Human Trafficking’. For those of you who don’t know,[…]
Culture and Society · Economy · General
The democratisation of travel
Overseas holiday and travel, the former past-time of the very wealthy has experienced a great overhaul. Everyone can now travel. Destinations such as Goa, Kerala, Nairobi have been opened up[…]
Culture and Society · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Testing the FOI Act 2011 on Legislator Salaries
This blog is cross-posted originally from http://www.akinblog.nl/ We have a Freedom of Information Act With the signing of the Freedom of Information Act 2011 just as the end of the[…]