In Nigeria, stereotypes don’t just live in jokes and social media banter, they shape how people see and treat women. Many of these harmful ideas are tied to ethnic identities, meaning that a Yoruba ...

Photographer Glenna Gordon shares beautiful pictures and stories of Hausa women writing romance fiction stories in the shadow of Islamist censors and militants in northern Nigeria. Glenna Gordon who ...

Includes English translations of Hausa poems and texts. Reviewed by Clare A. Ignatowski in African studied review (New Brunswick, NJ) 49 (1) April 2006, pages 170-172. (DT1.A1 A26 AFA). The singers ...

Twenty-five years into democracy, women remain underrepresented in elective offices. While a few have broken through, most continue to face steep financial, cultural, and political barriers. Since ...

Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and the Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh to conduct research on climate change governance.