There is no easy way to say this, the reality of present-day Nigeria is this; there are only a handful of women in policy-making positions today, and a good percentage of those women have their positions and independence compromised by their affiliation to several high powered men within the Nigerian political sphere. The future of... Read More

Dora Akunyuli, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Politics, Remi Sonaiya, Sarah Jibril, women

March 18, 2018

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#YNaijaEssays: These four Nigerian women have defied the odds

Nina Simone’s life and legacy looms across the world, and indeed Africa, to which she returned when she was at her lowest, disillusioned by racism and classism and misogynoir. Reports suggest Simone was at her happiest during her time in West Africa and there are pictures of her on the beach in Lagos, jiving away.... Read More

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Buchi Dora Akunyili, Dora Akunyuli, Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Owosobi, YNaija Essays

September 15, 2017

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Full at Forty: The destiny of Chimamanda Adichie

by Alexander O. Onukwue Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: critically acclaimed author, thinker, and mother. Easily one of the most influential names in the literary world today, the young woman who began her writings from the same room in which Chinua Achebe had lived on the campus of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, has become an enigmatic... Read More

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Birthday Tribute, Celebrating life, Chimamanda Adichie, Dora Akunyuli, Nigerian authors