PinnedMember-onlySọrọ Sókè: Nigerian youth don’t carry last.Trigger warning: Mild mentions of police brutality, sexual assault and rape. Donate here to support Nigerians protesting. Sọrọ Sókè — speak up! Nigerians are proud and we do everything with confidence. I mean, we are the largest Black nation on Earth, with over 200 million (probably more) in the country and countless Nigerians in diaspora. Now, we are using our voices…Nigeria5 min readNigeria5 min read
Dec 3, 2021Precious Mustapha on Fate: The Winx Saga and Complex Black CharactersThis interview was originally published on Meeting of Minds UK Born and raised in East London, Precious Mustapha is making her mark in the TV and film industry. …Netflix4 min readNetflix4 min read
Nov 7, 2021If COVID-19 Doesn’t Kill Us, Capitalism Just MightThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds As the nation eagerly looks forward to the 21st of June 2021, as the day that social distancing restrictions may finally end once and for all, we take a look back at the shortfalls of Boris Johnson’s government, which led us…Covid 194 min readCovid 194 min read
Nov 7, 2021#IWD: Lanaire Aderemi and the Art of Black StorytellingThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds Inspired by the powerful words of Audre Lorde, ‘your silence will not protect you’, Lanaire Aderemi views storytelling as an act of resistance in a world that silences Black women. As an award winning poet, playwright, researcher and recent sociology graduate…Poetry5 min readPoetry5 min read
Nov 7, 2021The sterilisation of Afro Brazilian women and struggle for reproductive rights in Latin AmericaThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds Current sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policies exclude the narratives of non-white women. Coupled with the threat of climate change, we see how these policies continuously impact the world’s poorest regions who contributed the least to climate change. In particular, the…Brazil5 min readBrazil5 min read
Nov 7, 2021Meet the Akoma Institute: Cultivating a Global Learning Community for Black and Afro Indigenous GirlsWhenever the terms “African diaspora” or “Black diaspora” are mentioned on social media, they almost always exclude the voices of Black people in non-Anglophone regions of the world, specifically the Global South. Countries such as Brazil and Colombia have a rich history of Black female intellectuals but because of the…Brazil7 min readBrazil7 min read
Nov 7, 2021Menstrual Hygiene Day: How The Sanitary Aid Initiative supports Women and Girls across NigeriaThe article was originally published on Meeting of Minds Menstruation is a natural part of a girls coming of age story, it’s a biological phenomenon, and thus, Women and girls should not be subject to shame, social stigma or disrupted schooling — PERIOD! There’s been a series of tweets with…Menstruation4 min readMenstruation4 min read
Nov 7, 2021Belgian Muslim Women: Choosing Faith or EducationThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds The recent surge in activism surrounding Black Lives Matter has exposed the failings of some universities when it comes down to acknowledging the colonial legacies that remain detrimental to their ethnic minority students, particularly those who are Black. …Hijab4 min readHijab4 min read
Nov 7, 2021#PasToucheAMonHijab: How France is Erasing Muslim Women and Girls from SocietyThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds Once again, France has unleashed new levels of Islamophobia, but I prefer to use the term anti Muslim hatred. Calling it Islamophobia places the onus on Muslims who fall victim to it, rather than those who perpetrate it. Viewing Islamophobia as…Muslim5 min readMuslim5 min read
Nov 7, 2021The Exploitation of Black African Women through the Kafala SystemThis article was originally published on Meeting of Minds Content warning: suicide and sexual assault We always hear about the migrant crisis in a European context, but the social and economic ramifications of the August 2020 explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, evidenced how the discourse concerning expatriation needs to be expanded…Kafala5 min readKafala5 min read
