The Religious War
Horror has come to stay in Nigeria. Or perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps this new phenomenon of horrific afternoons wondering why so many must die has been a fabric of[…]
Category: Culture and Society
Analysis · Culture and Society · Politics
This Sad Christmas
25th December 2011, Christmas day, I was in Church for Mass like Christians all over the world, celebrating the birth of Jesus. Lagos had been agog with fireworks and knockouts[…]
Made In Nigeria
Maybe my story will make sense if I share my background. I come from a crisscross lineage. Dark as my skin looks to white people, they look amused when they[…]
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[…]
Makoko Water Dwellings: Collective Intelligence
There are many things that I love about the word ‘intelligence’. At first thoughts, it always leads me to think about espionage: Le Carrè’s works, Bond, Christopher Nolan’s Inception[…]
Culture and Society · Naija Dude
Molue Meditations – The Law Of Expectation
Those that follow me have probably figured out by now that I spend a lot time in Lagos traffic, constantly hopping from one bus to another. While I would certainly prefer[…]
Culture and Society · Naija Dude
Let Me Dance
by Bankole Oluwafemi
A Detailed Review of Aramotu; One Retelling of Yoruba Women in History
by Eccentric Yoruba
Analysis · Culture and Society · General · Politics
Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage
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.