#IWD2019: Religious Feminists, Let’s Let Go of Submission, Sexual Purity and Modesty (Even If They Are Preached To Men Too)

Not too long ago, I came across three things on the internet that set me on a path of deep reflection. Seeing as today is International Women’s Day, I thought it imperative to share my journey to no longer agreeing with them even when they are applied to men. This is especially as our theme…

Twenty Something Blessings

I have always looked forward to my twentieth birthday. There is something about entering your twentieth year that fills one with deep apprehension, fear and excitement at what is to come. Maybe it is because a lot of people say that it is the foundation one sets during one’s twenties that guides most of one’s…

Why I No Longer Agree With Being Called A Proverbs 31 Christian Woman: Call Me Vashti Instead.

I was about twelve when I first discovered the writer Buchi Emecheta’s body of work which centred on the experiences of the Igbo woman. Before then the African books I was opportuned to read were written by mainly male writers like Chinua Achebe and although I loved the fact that books like Things Fall Apart…

Don’t Save Him, He Don’t Wanna Be Saved (Plus You Aint His Mama)

I recently came across a tweet that said that men were hurting the females who God had sent to heal them and once again I shook my head in disagreement. I was also affirmed by other Twitter users who pointed out that women don’t come with magical healing powers. That tweet in particular was triggering…

Dear African Feminists Worry Not: You Do Not Come With An Expiry Date

Women were not created with an expiry date in mind. We are like fine wine. We only get better with time.

These “Kitchen Duties” Though…

My people, since when in the history of humankind has boiling rice and stirring soups/stews ever kept a marriage not just together, but truly happy?

It Is Rapey To Congratulate Me For Being a Virgin: Stop It!

upon your death as a woman, your obituary won’t read, “Here lies the wonderful virgin”. Your eulogy would rather be all the things you did to impact the world not your bedroom.

Note To Younger Me

First of all I’m going to call you by your full name. Angel Chinenyenwa Nduka-Nwosu. If you like frown up and down, darling your names are beautiful. I know you sometimes think that Angel is too babyish and that Chinenyenwa is too “Igbotic”(Whatever that means) but in the nearest future you would find yourself returning…

Remembering Ancient Igbo Sexual Inequalities: A Review of Elechi Amadi’s “The Concubine”

…However even as young as I was and even as I did not know the word “feminist”, I really did not like the portrayal of women seen in most books written by male writers in the African Writers Series…

“I like to view myself as an ageless person”- Abiola Adebiyi(Photographer/Visual Artist/Founder of ElevateNG)

I like to think of myself as an ageless person- Interview with Abiola Adebiyi(Photographer/Visual Artist/Founder of ElevateNG Foundation)