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So you think you know Lagos X: Badagry – a town of many firsts held prisoner by history
Badagry sits on one end of Lagos like an ignored elderly woman, whose hands raised nations but time and circumstances have snatched vitality from her. She is seen but often…
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So you think you know Lagos IX: Oshodi, Festac, Okota, and the undertones of ethnic tensions
It is nearly noon on a bright Saturday and Alhaja (Mrs.) Gilani looks like her day is in slow motion. She is resting on a table where crates of eggs,…
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So you think you know Lagos VIII: Confronting Nigeria’s disappearing history in Yaba with faith from Makoko
Nearly 6:30pm and Sogunro, Makoko, is alive with human activity; a cool evening breeze bouncing off the water canals and bathing the people in coolness. The noise of children playing…
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Makida Moka: Fantastically, frantically & ferociously beautiful (Y! Pop-of-Culture)
by Makida Moka That’s what fashion does. It’s hard, it’s tough, pays little in climes as ours, but always – always – it makes all things beautiful. Fantastically thought up.…
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Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper, Frank Ocean, more make OUT magazine’s 2013 gay power list (DETAILS)
Who topped OUT magazine's 2013 Power List of the 50 most powerful gays and lesbians in America? It wasn't Ellen DeGeneres. The hilarious talk show host came close though, snagging the second ranking spot on…
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Oh yes, homo: TIME magazine covers this week are VERY gay (LOOK)
Time magazine went all-in on gay marriage Thursday, releasing two covers with the stark headline "Gay Marriage Already Won." The covers show two men and two women kissing. The men…
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Opinion: My argument in defence of plus-sized ladies
by Onikoyi Falade Babatope ...the argument against fat/chubby/big women is more of an economic than health one. It’s good to be back, my muse contacted me that I have been…
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Naked dead women vs women breastfeeding babies: Are magazine editors getting desperate?
by Hauwa Gambo Yes, we know - the news magazine format is now out-moded, and sales have decreased astronomically, still is the reputation-for-talkability trade-off strategy of Time and Newsweek…
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