Women's Rights — Stories-Shayera Dark

Female Leadership in Nigeria’s EndSARS Movement Helped it Grow, Then Gave it Staying Power

There lies a hope that more Nigerians, having observed women at the fore of the EndSARS protests against police brutality, will begin to appreciate their leadership capabilities.

WorkShayera Dark11 December 2021EndSARS, Police Brutality, Nigeria, Feminism, Women's Rights

Women Demand Government Declare State of Emergency on Gender-Based Violence

Following a spate of rape cases exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdown, women are demanding the Nigerian government declare a state of emergency on gender-based violence.

Minna Salami: Society Conditions Women to Feel a Sense of Lack

Listed by ELLE Magazine as one of “12 women changing the world”, Minna Salami, a Nigerian-Finnish author, blogger and commentator, discusses the importance of feminist civil society groups and why she’s impatient with the idea of empowering women simply for economic reasons.

WorkShayera Dark10 December 2018Feminism, Afrofeminism, Patriarchy, Women's Rights

The Joys of Motherhood|Buchi Emecheta

Written in 1979, Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood, patriarchy takes a sobering look at societal resistance to women’s shifting roles in pre-independent Nigeria, colonialism’s impact on African culture, and the notion of pregnancy as the ultimate prize and pride of womanhood.

Nigeria's Comedy Scene Wallows in Sexism

Comedy is booming in Nigeria, having morphed from a side hustle in the mid-nineties to a serious, full-fledged business. But as with most male-dominated fields, the country's comedy scene has a misogyny problem.