Are we listening?
In the past three days I have had cause to be scared for Nigerian women. I had long online debates with at least 30 young Nigerian (married and unmarried) men[…]
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Health · Review
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.
This opinion piece was originally published at http://www.akinblog.nl/ presaging a hopefully intelligent debate on the issue of wife-battering and society’s response to that issue. A tabloid frenzy On Twitter and[…]
For us Nigerian women there is a huge pressure to tie the knot. Post twenty-five annum, an unmarried status often calls for expressions of concern from family, friends and sometimes[…]
I remember getting to work extremely early a couple of months ago and reading an article from a very infuriated wife that her husband wasn’t allowing her to take care[…]