Are we listening?
Analysis · Culture and Society · Health
One case of a death from FGM and the fact that it is still prevalent calls for action against the perpetrators in the main but if the activity cannot be outlawed it must only be done under medical supervision.
We need to tackle an emergency that has our children live like dogs in the name of some higher but unconscionable goal.
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
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
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
This is a problem, and not just a Ugandan problem.
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
In the BusinessDay of October 27, 2009 The most popular way of looking at China in Africa is through the dual lenses of international relations and international trade. One main[…]
Uduak, of the Nollyarts blog and co-producer of the child witches’ documentary – Edikan – shares her thoughts on the coverage of the Akwa Ibom Child witch phenomenon in the[…]