Daughter of the Dyaspora

Last week, the blogosphere and social media networks were buzzing with the news of the anti-gay legislation passed by the Nigerian senate. The prevalence of homophobia should not be shocking…

Sometimes being both Christian and Nigerian can be frustrating. Not because they are two mutually exclusive identities, but rather because the intersection of religion and culture can be “interesting.” One…

Democracy in Africa is one of the curiosities that keeps me up at night. Although I wrote my honors senior thesis on democracy and development, the overall topic is one…

I recently finished re- reading Naked, an anthology about Black women’s bodies.  I first encountered the book as a sophomore in Dr. M. Bahati Kuumba’s  Black Women in American Culture…