Category: DW Originals
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Professor Felicia Adedoyin: The Woman Behind Nigeria’s Pledge
I pledge to Nigeria my country To be faithful, loyal and honest To serve Nigeria with all my strength To defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory So help me God.
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How My Family Reacted to my Rape Story
One of my closest friends – let’s call her Q – is a 24-year-old woman from Kano, northern Nigeria. She was sexually assaulted by her cousin for 10 long years. This abuse started when she was only 11.
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A Mark of Shame: Cultural Stigma around Mental Illnesses
In Ramadan 2020, I received the most troubling email.
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Drug Abuse and How it can be Gendered
The call came close to midnight. Like always, I was ending my day watching a sitcom and snacking on baguette and cheese – as one would in Paris.
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Jamaican-born Journalist, Writer and Activist Amy Jacques Garvey
Amy Jacques Garvey was a Jamaican born journalist, writer, poet and activist of Pan-African emancipation.
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20th Century Suffragette, Mary Church Terrell
Mary Church Terrell was an African American writer, educator and social activist who advocated for racial equality and women’s suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Is an Iconic Woman, Here’s Why
Tarana Burke is an American activist who started the Me Too movement. She is the founder of Just Be Inc., an all girls program for black girls aged 12 -18.
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Preserving the North through Song
The oldest woman in the Hausa household is the master storyteller. Her old age is a symbol of wisdom and with her storytelling skills, she transfers tradition from one generation to another.
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Leading Sokoto’s Women-Led Garage, Here’s NANA’s Fatima Adamu
Fatima Adamu’s work has impacted many women’s lives in Northern Nigeria. NANA offers empowerment of young girls with education and empowerment of women through schemes like the mechanic workshop and fish farming.
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Author, Poet, Playwright, and Academic. Ama Ata Aidoo
In 1992, Ama Ata Aidoo won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Africa) for her novel Changes. Her collection of poems, Someone Talking To Sometime, won the Nelson Mandela Prize for Poetry in 1987.