Home and the diaspora
About 15% of the respondents who tweeted in support of #EndSARS, found themselves outside Nigeria. They mostly joined in when ...
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When women got involved
Women’s roles in public uprisings on the African continent have been highlighted in the media, from the Sudanese revolution to ...
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Slacktivism or activism?
How active were the people using the #EndSARS hashtag? Did they occasionally retweet a line someone else wrote, or did ...
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Hashtag Activism: Discontent in Nigeria
Online activism has played a role in protests all over Africa in the past decade. One of the most recent ...
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Does the high representation of women in parliament in Rwanda translate to meaningful empowerment of women?
According to UN Women, in 2013, The Rwandan parliament had the highest representation of women in parliament in the world ...
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“Repeat: ‘I am a man!’”
Inxeba: The Wound, released in 2017, follows the process of initiation in the isiXhosa culture in South Africa. It is ...
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Discussing the decolonisation of curriculums in South Africa
In this podcast, I interviewed my sister to discuss our experiences of curriculums and the process of decolonisation in ...
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‘Writing’ ethnography: supporting local art in South Africa
As the Facebook page loads, the first thing that grabs my attention is the painting of Nelson Mandela set as ...
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Portfolio: Shannon Lorimer
21st Century (2020/21) Does the high representation of women in parliament in Rwanda translate to meaningful empowerment of women? October ...
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