2024-03-08 15:57
"We the undersigned wish to express our deep sadness at the murder of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato on 26 January 2011. David's activism began in the 1980s as an Anti-Apartheid ca… Read More
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2023-12-01 04:55
I find this very heartening. Its always interesting to see a challenge to what we consider to be the norm Read More
2023-11-10 10:24
For Immediate Release, August 20, 2009 Media Contact: Hossein Alizadeh, 212-430-6016, [email protected](New York, August 20, 2009)- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commissi… Read More
2023-10-02 18:53
"He came back from time to time to threaten to disclose my identity if I did not give in to his demands."Kweku, Ghana"I didn't dare to lodge a complaint. I was afraid they were going to ques… Read More
2023-10-02 18:44
Ebenezer ObadareA spectre is haunting Africa – the spectre of homosexuality. Over the past decade, a curious and totally unlikely coalition of religious leaders, the ruling class and s… Read More
2023-10-02 18:41
Recently came the news that homophobic countries in Africa are to have financial aid from Britain cut."In itself, such a move should be applauded. Countries where gay people are persecuted… Read More
2023-09-30 01:35
Its my birthday today and the first birthday card that I received was from John. I opened it to find this..
My Love For You
My love for you, shall never pause,
Strong and determined… Read More
2023-09-30 01:32
"It is difficult to understand homosexuality..", Zambia's President Rupiah Banda is reported to have said, during a meeting with Champions of an HIV-free Generation in Africa in Lusaka last… Read More
2023-07-19 08:44
Among Africans generally, same sex attraction has been a myth. It has been as much the subject of whispered conversation or gossip, as it has been talked about in absolutist, loud, angry con… Read More
2023-07-19 02:37
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and others have condemned the murder of Ugandan gay activist, David Kato. On Monday a group referring to itself as Writers and Academics Against Homoph… Read More
2023-03-27 16:21
2023-03-06 04:17
Channel 4's Unreported World last evening broadcast this about how human traffickers are using black magic to coerce and trap Nigerian women into a life of prostitution in Europe. I am infor… Read More
2022-12-01 19:05
I first came across this piece on a blog I think is Russian or Ukrainian. I had not seen it on 234next.com when it was published on 10 July 2010, but the Russian blog referred me there:LAGOS… Read More
2022-12-01 02:52
This post is a follow-on to a previous post on this blog. One often hears and reads of people referring to homosexuality as an "act" or a "practice" and in a mildly sarcastic way, one has wo… Read More
2022-11-06 01:16
Some weeks ago I walked away from my job. I had endured the job for long enough and the time came when I'd had enough and I acted almost on impulse. Walking out felt good, as if it was the r… Read More
2022-09-05 22:10
'Slaves of the Lake' is a documentary about Emmanuel and Dominic, two young boys, aged around 10 and 13, whose families sold them as slaves into the fishing industry in Ghana. This film is… Read More
2022-08-22 01:11
For a while I was undecided whether to title this post 'Fifteen Minutes to Save the World', a play on Madonna's song '4 Minutes'. I settled for the one above though, because this more accura… Read More
2022-01-26 04:32
If you were to Google the origin of religion, you'll find text that states the belief in the afterlife occurred around the time that mankind began having self realization or conscious though… Read More
2021-12-02 07:40
This post is a direct response to Rasna Warah's post in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper of 20 March 2011. I came across it here where it was reposted. I watched Famous, Rich and in the Slums… Read More
2021-12-01 04:50
The startling issues reported in this video do not seem to feature on the agenda of the authorities in Nigeria. The Nigerian government, like most of its other African counterparts, continu… Read More
2021-11-09 12:16
It is, of course, poor people – and especially those in marginalised social groups like women, children, the elderly and disabled – who will suffer most from [climate] changes… Read More
2021-10-04 22:58
By Zainab Usman“ ‘Nigeria is a state, not yet a nation’. Discuss” was the very first continuous assessment essay question for GENS 101, Nationalism course in my first… Read More
2021-09-24 19:32
Something rather peculiar happened today. It was a particularly successful Easter Sunday church service, at which my choir seemed to have performed very well indeed, going by the applause an… Read More
2021-09-21 20:51
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin or Frédéric François Chopin in French, (1810 - 1849), composer and virtuoso pianist of Polish-French parentage has got to be one of the great… Read More
2021-09-21 17:09
After the exams at the end of second year, TJ confided to me that he didn't feel confident about his performance and he worried about the likely results. Nevertheless, that summer holiday wa… Read More
2021-09-21 17:09
Years passed and with the passage of time, our "friendship" suffered change. The change was slow, gradual and subtle, but it was enforced upon us by the increasingly limited opportunity avai… Read More
2021-09-21 17:09
I have tried over many years to shove this aside in my mind, perhaps in the hope that if I didn't think about it, the pain would somehow be kept at bay. And so it has been for much of the ti… Read More
2021-09-18 13:40
I couldn't think of a better way to end the month. I adore Saint-Saens' music, being as influenced as he was by two of my favourite composers, Sebastian Bach and Amadeus Mozart. Saint-Saens… Read More
2021-09-17 22:31
An amazing fashion show inspired by Mother Nature. I came across this 2008 posting on the Daily Mail online website. The models are said to be of the Surma and Mursi people of the Omo Valley… Read More
2021-08-23 18:30
It was in February of the year 1992 that I embarked on my first exploratory foreign trip by myself. Travelling from Lagos, Nigeria, I flew to Rio de Janeiro on Varig, the Brazilian airline t… Read More
2021-05-23 04:00
Some time ago I wrote on this blog about my elation at being appointed leader of the choir at my church. Since then, I have found myself more and more involved in other church affairs that h… Read More
2021-02-23 05:54
Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate known in English as 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' is a chorus from the third act of Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, or Nebuchadnezzar… Read More
2020-11-30 07:36
Since I heard that Anglo-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare's artwork was the next commission for the Fourth Plinth at London's Trafalgar Square, I've been itching to go and have a look at it… Read More
2020-06-10 02:38
Months passed, Garuba's wedding preparations were well along. I didn't know whether it was fortuitous or if it was deliberate, but Garuba had seen to it that the wedding when it happened wou… Read More
2015-05-03 18:00
"How can dialogue be truly open when it continues to face an othering glare on a huge scale, while experiencing a reluctance to speak about the issues in its own backyard?""Othering is a pro… Read More
2015-05-03 17:59
A Blog post by Sally DaltonThe African man is a complex concept. In the eyes of westerners, he is the potent, powerful figure whose otherness determines him an object for admiration and cont… Read More
2015-01-22 18:19
Zimbabwe is supposedly enjoying political stability under the coalition government formed in 2008. However, according to the UK's Channel 4's Unreported World programme, which Channel 4 desc… Read More
2015-01-19 23:15
The sun rising from behind the hill in the distance still shrouded in grey in the dull light of the dawn, was the view that greeted me early the following morning when I partly pulled open t… Read More
2015-01-16 18:59
Hers is in the only name that I still remember of all the dozens of nurses who cared for me, looked after me and nursed me all those years ago when I was gravely ill and in hospital. And her… Read More
2014-12-05 18:31
The farm was moderately large with a mixed crop of maize, sorghum and beans. It surprised me that I found what I was seeing and hearing so deeply intriguing, as Bernard showed me around and… Read More
2014-11-18 23:49
When I departed Kenya that night in September 2013 after an eventful four-week holiday, (during which, among other things, the Westgate shopping mall terrorist tragedy happened, and only a f… Read More
2014-11-18 23:20
An hour after leaving Narok we descended a hillside as the road wound its way steeply down into a broad valley. Down below in the valley ahead of us was the sprawl that was Bomet. I knew thi… Read More
2014-08-09 14:52
This has got to be one of my favourite songs ever.. Dire Straits, sax and guitar at their very best. My youth was marked with splendid music, quite unlike the Lady Gagas and the Nicki M… Read More
2014-06-06 10:28
As I said before, the most striking thing about the countryside in this part of Kenya is the prevalence of agriculture activity, presumably because of the rich volcanic soils. The scenes tha… Read More
2014-05-27 00:33
Atlantic The PalmBurj KhalifaThe Burj Al Arab in the backgroundThe Souk Madinat Jumeirah Read More
2014-05-18 22:21
I'm miffed that I missed this drama when TV's Channel 4 aired it in August last year, as part of their series on modern-day slavery and human trafficking. But I got another chance to see it… Read More
2014-01-29 14:04
By Ogaga IfowodoThe theme of the 1993 United Nations world conference on human rights in Vienna was Women’s Rights Are Human Rights. I was with the Civil Liberties Organization then an… Read More
2014-01-18 15:04
When a law such as the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Law recently passed in Nigeria is met with the kind of widespread support within Nigeria that we have seen, we know for sure that Nigeria… Read More
2013-10-09 15:32
This very interesting piece on the BBC News website caught my attention -The Democratic Republic of Congo is potentially one of the richest countries on earth, but colonialism, sla… Read More
2013-10-06 21:10
I've really enjoyed spending the last few weeks in Kenya. I like Nairobi a lot and going forward, this is a place I intend to visit as often as I can. My holiday is coming to its end, and in… Read More
2013-03-18 21:54
2013-03-10 22:55
A valuable record of Nigeria's political history, good mainly for its factual accuracy, but perhaps less so for some judgements made by the film's maker. Nevertheless, this film is definitel… Read More
2013-03-02 00:13
Channel 4's programme Unreported World exposes the plight of hundreds of children in Burundi locked up for years without trial in adult prisons, among some of the most dangerous criminals in… Read More
2013-02-26 11:37
The killing of 34 striking miners by police at the Marikana mine in South Africa last Friday is a tragedy that touches more than just the families and communities of the dead. It also highl… Read More
2013-02-06 09:22
Unplanned development is as prevalent in Ghana as it is in Nigeria, save for the scale of it, in which case Nigeria's may perhaps be greater than Ghana's. Nevertheless, even in Ghana, it is… Read More
2013-02-05 17:07
My last few days in Ghana were spent in Accra, but not before I had undertaken what I can only still think of as a difficult road journey to get there from Sunyani. The journey was difficult… Read More
2013-02-05 16:51
I find that in Ghana people are calmer, less noisy and generally more gentle than people in Nigeria. But the roads in Ghana are just as perilous and the driving just as crazy as in Nigeria… Read More
2013-02-05 16:45
I should start this update with an astonishing set of statistics. I see this is an addendum to my previous update, when I drew the comparison between Ghana and Nigeria on the percentages of… Read More
2012-11-28 14:40
A couple of weeks ago, my neighbour who attends the same church as I do gave me some food to take home. In the food container that she handed to me was ayemashe (or ayamashe), a particularly… Read More
2012-11-03 14:45
I enjoy listening to the Professor Richard Dawkins speak Read More
2012-10-19 07:52
Interesting report from the Channel 4 News. Read the story on the Channel 4 News website here Read More
2012-10-17 13:46
Its nice to be awoken in the early morning by the sound of a cock crowing. Its refreshing and remarkably earthy and reminds you of just how close to nature you've been in the last few days… Read More
2012-10-15 12:17
The vibe in Ghana is of peace and stability. Stability here is so consistent, it almost can be taken for granted and life can become predictable. And just as I do when I'm in England, I do f… Read More
2012-10-01 07:36
Street and market scenes &nbs&hell…Read More
2012-08-16 20:52
An excellent take on the Julian Assange asylum story.Ecuador has now made its decision: to grant political asylum to Julian Assange. This comes in the wake of an incident that should dispel… Read More
2012-07-31 16:59
Its been over two years when I first observed that a certain individual who lives in the same city as I do, has been frequently performing Google searches with the search word "anengiyefa"… Read More
2012-07-04 21:47
I stumbled upon this, Hidden In The Open a photo essay and collection of African-American male couples throughout history going as far back as the 19th century. Tren… Read More
2012-07-04 15:53
(UPDATE) Explosion Rocks Abuja Shopping Center | Sahara ReportersSahara Reporters has learned that a car bomb has exploded near the Banex Plaza in Abuja, Nigeria. The car exploded in front o… Read More
2012-06-30 18:50
By Prof. George B. N. Ayittey and taken from hereOne insightful way of describing the myriad of Nigeria’s complex and inter-twined problems can be daunting and debilitating in unraveli… Read More
2012-06-24 19:08
Inherently lesbian | Daily Times Nigeria Read More
2012-06-22 21:08
The Nigerian Government transferred N120billion ($801million) to a company, Malabu Oil and Gas, with a fake address and which has been involved in illegality right from its incepti… Read More
2012-06-14 12:50
How to behave when accused of corruption in Nigeria | Daily Times NigeriaWell, enjoyable reading is all that this is, insofar as no positive outcome is ever likely to emanate from it. Not in… Read More
2012-05-09 08:38
This is to say "Thank you" to all those who have taken the time to write to me, those who have wondered why I've not posted on this blog for a while and inquiring about my well being. Just t… Read More
2012-05-09 08:31
You absolutely must listen to Shakara too Read More
2012-05-09 08:30
2012-05-06 06:58
I feel compelled to say something about how I'm feeling this day and I could think of no better way than to set it out in a blog post.John has been away in Ghana. And since we've been apart… Read More
2012-04-30 07:32
Activist and head of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has declared that the reality of undervelopment is catching up with Northern Nigerian in comparison with t… Read More
2012-04-28 22:49
Its been a while since I've written on this blog and I wont even attempt to make excuses for my prolonged absence. Let it be sufficient for me to just say that my absence has … Read More
2012-03-20 12:24
One-Sided Reporting is Facilitating EscalationSix Ways the Media Has Misreported Syriaby AFSHIN MEHRPOUYAAs in the case of Libya, from NY Times to Fox News, from Guardian to National Post an… Read More
2012-03-13 12:45
I came across this and thought to share it here. Are you a sheep?By ProJusticioIn my book[1] I relate how, as young lads at boarding school, we all claimed to be having sex during which pr… Read More
2011-12-12 08:09
The African/ Caribbean opposition to homosexuality, is somewhat disheartening.I read this article that seems to include a lot of what is currently circulating as valid reasons for opposition… Read More
2011-11-29 10:17
Just to let everyone know that I'm fine and expect to be back shortly. My apologies for the unplanned absence from the blog..Anengiyefa Read More
2011-11-10 10:11
Today I got back from work and heard the news that Heavy D, (his real name being Dwight Arrington Meyers died today at 44,).Here is a picture of what he looks like.I'm not to sure of the cau… Read More
2011-11-07 05:40
There has been a lot of talk about the world population hitting 7 billion people recently. This has been a source of concern for those who worried about the future of mankind.In the case of… Read More
2011-10-17 10:22
I came across this story titled Gay African Man Beaten, Burned Alive by Angry Mob (Extremely Graphic Video) in which the assertion was repeatedly made that the victim of this gruesome incide… Read More
2011-08-08 16:35
Talking up Africa is positive, it is a good thing. However, in doing so we must prevent ourselves from forgetting that as at this minute, millions of our fellow Africans are faced with the t… Read More
2011-07-31 10:09
Someone for whom I always had a soft spot died today. It came on the news this evening that Amy Winehouse was found dead in her north London flat earlier this afternoon. This is how the BBC… Read More
2011-06-26 19:46
Skoonheid, the first Afrikaans film selected to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, has won the Queer Palm. The unofficial award, not connected to the festival itself, is given to a film th… Read More
2011-06-26 11:51
From an era of idealism and optimism, a time when the future promised much. Looking back from the future as we are now able to do, even though much progress has been achieved and the country… Read More
2011-06-08 14:44
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour Read More
2011-06-08 03:16
Giovanni Allevi, my new found love.. Alright, you got me, its that car advert. I changed my mind about titling this post 'Music from the New Fiat Punto. :)From his album, 'Alien'. 'Secret Lo… Read More
2011-06-03 21:24
Filmmaker Mike Mills' parents met in junior high school. For 45 years, they lived together, raising Mills and his older sisters, until Mills' mother died in 1999. Six months later, Mills' fa… Read More
2011-05-28 14:01
In South Africa's black townships, being gay can be fatal Read More
2011-05-27 19:59
Another masterpiece from Channel 4's Unreported World, a programme that has been described as a "vitally important programme in revealing a desperately needed glance into areas where people… Read More
2011-05-17 07:36
Just one of numerous such grisly incidents that occurred during the Nigerian civil war between July 1967 and January 1970. The victim is a suspected soldier of Biafra, the secessionist state… Read More
2011-05-13 19:38
Who made the Royal Wedding Guest List?You are invited to read this interesting take on the royal wedding..They're the focus of everyone's attention, because they're both so rich and white an… Read More
2011-05-08 06:06
The original of this song by the group Tears for Fears is from 1982. This version, which I prefer, is by Gary Jules. He recorded it with his friend Michael Andrews for the film Don… Read More
2011-05-07 15:05
"The freedom to pursue one's own sexuality is part of an individual's freedom of expression"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Supreme Court on Thursday legally recognized homosexual part… Read More
2011-05-06 15:54
There is a referendum today in the UK on whether to change the voting system by which Members of Parliament are elected from the first-past-the-post system currently in use, to the Alternati… Read More
2011-05-04 15:20
By Chi MgbakoIn 2004, leading African gay rights activist Fannyann Eddy was brutally murdered while she worked alone in the office of the gay rights organization she founded in Sierra Leone… Read More
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