Voices

A portrait of a young girl in a yellow-tinted library filled with water. In the background behind her, there are also people on boats and desks shaped like boats.
A library becomes a lifeline for out-of-school children in a Nigerian fishing community

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A side view of a student with a speech bubble of jumbled letters against a green chalkboard. The highlighted letters in the bubble spell the words "IT IS A STRUGGLE".
“I was struggling to speak”: Nigerians who stutter on navigating the education system

Oyo, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — In February 2024, Abdulqudus Jimoh (27), who had just gained…

Three people dressed in Ugandan traditional attires: the Kanzu robe (middle) and the Gomesi dress (left and right); and posing against a yellow background while being surrounded by red bubbles containing the words “sweet”, “akasaka”, “bad touches”, “ssenga”, “kasolo”, “ekigaasi” and symbols representing the male and female gender.
“Small animal”: How language reinforces climates of sexual violence in Uganda

Thinking back to her first intimate encounter with her husband, Jane, a mother of four…

Cameroon: How churches are a breeding ground for the exclusion of Persons with Disabilities.
Cameroon: How churches are a breeding ground for the exclusion of Persons with Disabilities

In 2017, a friend invited me to a church in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s…

A dull black-and-white background burnt from the middle to reveal 5 different styles of hijab worn by women against different colourful backgrounds.
Hijabi Discrimination In Nigeria Makes Navigating The Workplace Difficult for Muslim Women

“Do you always wear that?”  “That thing on your head is not professional.”  “Your hair…

A young woman having a presentation on climate change and possible solutions with a climate change poster in the background.
Climate change education: Teach large corporations to protect the environment

I used to work at an NGO focused on climate change and environmental awareness. I…

An oil drill with the US and EU flags drilling a melting planet Earth.
The West’s De-Growth Narrative Poisons The Climate Debate Across Africa

The EU and US are talking over Africa, rebuking the construction of new coal power…

A hand holding 3 stalks of wheat in the map of Africa with the sub-Saharan part highlighted.
Connecting the Food Shortage Dots in Sub Saharan West Africa

The unprecedented food shortage in the Sahel and West African region can be attributed to…

Restrictive Regulations Will Not Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health

For as long as I can recall, almost everything I tried to learn about sexual…

The reality of women with disabilities and maternal health care

While many countries are debating abortion rights, there is another reproductive right that is being…

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