It all started on the day you screamed in discomfort the minute your mother pushed you out into the fluorescent light of the hospital room. First, you were given...
“They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished or remote populations. It can happen to anyone”. This...
The belief that the world would be safer and risks minimized if identities could be fixed in one position has gained popularity. We must however understand that migration policies...
Cancel culture is a polarising topic. For some, it has gone too far and stifles free speech. In a scathing response to being criticised for allegedly transphobic comments, author...
Cameroonian Nkiacha Atemnkeng’s visa application was rejected three times despite having been offered a prestigious international literary residency in America. Atemnkenge wanted to attend the 2017 Arti Omi International...
Going beyond #ENDSARS. Lessons from Haiti and The Black Radical Tradition. By Theophilus Wellington Introduction For the longest time, I have heard different commentaries about police reforms in Nigeria...
How do I know your palate is colonised you ask? Maybe because you relish the smell of stinky cheese and turn your nose up at the fragrance of iru...
A sentiment that I have found is shared amongst many Nigerians is the idea that we spend too much time talking about colonisation and that we overemphasise its effects...
Africa today conjures negative images of strife, economic backwardness, low life expectancy, illiteracy etc. More recently, the wave of ethnic conflicts across the continent, but mostly within states has...
“Europe created the concept of savageness and barbarism as antithesis to its modernity and civilisation. Henceforth, Europe was to represent the modern model and the rest was to represent...