Culture Muses
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A Pageant That Celebrates Virginity
I was visiting one of those Nigerian news site one day, I don’t recall what site it had been, but I saw something that was very interesting. I saw a photograph of a…
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My Complicated Relationship with Feminism
Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists I was a child when I first heard the word…
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I Am An African Woman
“Don’t call yourself a Nigerian woman, you’re in America,” was a piece of advice I received from someone who had read a blog of mine where I mentioned being a Nigerian. It was not without…
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African Culture, Women and Religion
It is a common practice for Africans in Christianity to mix their culture with the religion. There are some practices women become subjected to when cultural ideologies are mixed with religion. These practices…