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Art and the Black Identity
Art is subjective yet it holds an objective place in our cultural life. It objectively is considered a creative form that beautifies life, adds a surrealist imagination, or archives historical periods and…
10. April 2024 -
On Joy, Politics of Pleasure and Liberation
Keynote Address at Young European Greens Federation, Greens/EFA Group Feminist, Free and Equal Europe Campaign and Green Rave 01/03/2024 When I think about the legacy of joy and pleasure, I instantly think…
12. March 2024 -
This is a Genocide: Call for Ceasefire, Boycott and Land Back for Palestine
Israel is the perfect example of what happens when the collective trauma of war and genocide go unaddressed and unresolved. The oppressed group repeats the cruel cycle of violence and becomes the…
26. October 2023 -
Grief: The politics of grief, loss and healing
In the past years, most of us have experienced deep loss and emotional trauma that has put some of us in disarray. We are grieving many lives, many experiences, and many unexpressed…
27. April 2022 -
What does Nigeria owe its people?
“His unfinished education, his joblessness, his hunger, his poverty, all these he found out were different forms of violence. It consisted not of physical, brutal assault but of a slow and graduate…
1. October 2021 -
The Symbolism of Citizenship: The Threat of the Dual Identity and Colonial Borders
The Symbolism of Citizenship: The Threat of the Dual Identity and Colonial Borders On Friday 26th February 2021, news broke that 21-year-old Shamima Begum will have her British Citizenship revoked. The idea…
15. March 2021 -
Black Lives Matter: Discussing and eradicating anti-Blackness in the Muslim North African communities.
Decolonisation of all of Africa is still an on-going process, the hegemony and dominance of previous colonisers not entirely rooted out. While the work of equalising power relations and resolving conflicts that are residues of colonial divisions is vital. It is also important to decolonise racism and anti-blackness as concepts and practices. African Muslims are far from being a homogenous group, their diversity is rooted in their cultural backgrounds which often determines their religious affiliations. This makes the task of acknowledging and decolonising racism is quite challenging.
19. June 2020 -
How I experienced Barbados as a Black safe haven: A response to Chibundu Onuzo
As a fellow affluent Nigerian woman traveller who also recently escaped to Barbados, at a time when I needed a black safe haven from whiteness, I felt very much at home and…
14. August 2019
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