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Joshua Ononose May 12, 2023

The Counter-Culture Blog: ‘Ashawo’ – The Nigerian Reaction to Nonconformist Women

Misogyny, the prejudice, and discrimination against women, manifests itself in various ways across different societies. Nigeria, with its cultural diversity, is not immune to this problem. One prevalent manifestation of…

Ado Aminu August 24, 2021

“There are levels to intimacy” | A sex worker’s love story

There are two extremes of conversation that most discussions about sex work or prostitution (if you prefer that street term that is loaded with negativity) end up being in Nigeria’s…

Ado Aminu July 12, 2021

Borno IDP Camps: Could Governor Zulum be misplacing the difference between ‘prostitution’ and rape?

On Wednesday, July 7 2021, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, lamented that prostitution is on the rise within the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps of the…

Ado Aminu May 26, 2021

Why legalising sex work could protect women

In the course of the series of interviews that became the YNaija documentary on sex workers, one wish made up the majority of what the sex workers who featured in…

Bernard Dayo April 13, 2021

Here’s what’s wrong with Bauchi planning a census for sex workers

Sex work has globally been a contentious issue, arising from different views on morality to religious doctrines and cultural mores. In Nigeria, sex work is largely regarded with so much…

Ado Aminu April 1, 2021

Daughters of Eve | Inside the lives of Lagos sex workers

“You see that word Ashewo, I hate it!” Gift, a sex worker. It is a daredevil attempt arguing that you have not heard someone asking you to stop using the…

Ado Aminu March 18, 2021

#HerStory Series: “I regret nothing”| 47-year-old Sex Worker shares on leaving her parents to start a new life

Art, it is said, imitates life. Sometimes, the opposite is the case, and when this happens, we gasp and ponder how or if we are so inclined, we bury ourselves…

Ado Aminu January 13, 2021

Why Toke Makinwa is a poster girl for feminism of a different sort

Toke Makinwa is no stranger to controversy – many might even argue her brand is built mostly on that, and while that may be true at face value it is…

Bernard Dayo April 29, 2019

The police raided Abuja nightclubs and arrested over 70 women, sexually assaulted them and we are furious

Even though we are deeply numb from the varying attacks, assaults, and human rights violations perpetrated by the Nigerian Police, there never seem to be an end to these issues.…

Bernard Dayo January 11, 2019

Falz is still shaming sex workers in his new video for ‘Talk’ and we are tired

Barely two weeks into 2019 and Falz is already out with a new song and a video to boot. Titled Talk, Falz plugs into his usual shtick - music as…

Edwin Okolo April 16, 2018

Senegal has cracked the code for sex work, when will the rest of Africa?

You might not have heard about this, but Senegal has quietly led advancements in West Africa through its partnerships with the rest of the world. However, the country isn't just…

Editor November 10, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: This PBS report puts a human face on the victims of the Nigeria/Italy sex trade

According to reports, there are literally no families in Edo state that have not been directly affected the Edo/Italy trafficking-sex trade. That means there are literally no indigenous families from…

Editor November 9, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: SWEAT needs your help to decriminalise sex work in South Africa

Here at the Sexuality Blog, we won't even pretend that we are against sex work. It would be hypocritical for us to constantly preach the message of the autonomy of…

Sugabelly August 11, 2015

The Case for Prostitution

There's been much ado about Amnesty International's recent call to legalize prostitution, with Nigerian bodies reliably condemning it as another sign of Western moral decay. At first blush, it's easy…

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