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Nigeria’s flamboyant funerals: Celebrating the dead, but at what cost?
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Lifestyle Nigeria’s flamboyant funerals: Celebrating the dead, but at what cost?

By Cosmic Yoruba on December 14, 2017

Funerals honour the life of the deceased. Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions

“We don’t need your world”: The Jarawa people’s fight for self-determination
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Politics and Society “We don’t need your world”: The Jarawa people’s fight for self-determination

By Cosmic Yoruba on August 31, 2017

At first sight, the Jawara look African, but genetically they have more in common with South Asians. They are considered to be one of the earliest people to have walked this earth – and now their livelihood is in danger.

Is there a growing porn production scene in Nigeria?
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Lifestyle Is there a growing porn production scene in Nigeria?

By Cosmic Yoruba on August 3, 2017

The porn culture in Nigeria is growing: Nigerians are said to consume the most porn online, surpassing the United States. Now, a small number of Nigerian producers are creating a home-grown industry by making and sharing sexually explicit content online.

What it means to be LGBT in Nigeria – an interview with author and academic Unoma Azuah
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Arts, Culture and Sport What it means to be LGBT in Nigeria – an interview with author and academic Unoma Azuah

By Cosmic Yoruba on August 4, 2016

Unoma Azuah is a Nigerian academic and the author of Length of Light and Sky-high Flames, both works of fiction. In this interview, she spoke to TIA contributor Cosmic Yoruba about her latest project, Blessed Body, an anthology of real-life stories from Nigeria’s LGBT community.

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Arts, Culture and Sport Pop culture eyes the Orisha

By Cosmic Yoruba on April 12, 2016

Little by little, I am noticing more mention of Orisha in music, films and books than ever before.

Why are women playing down skin-bleaching?
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Lifestyle Why are women playing down skin-bleaching?

By Cosmic Yoruba on July 31, 2014

The Daily Telegraph recently posted an article by a Nigerian lawyer suggesting that skin-bleaching is OK because women do it to be more attractive, and that’s their prerogative. It’s not the first time someone has defended the practice and missed the point.

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Politics and Society Europeans did NOT bring shoes to Africa

By Cosmic Yoruba on June 19, 2014

It’s a common misconception that Africans tended to go barefoot before the Europeans kindly turned up with shoes. This is far from the truth, and is another microcosm of prejudices about life on the continent before colonialism…

Celebrating unapologetic sexy Black women
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Lifestyle Celebrating unapologetic sexy Black women

By Cosmic Yoruba on June 16, 2014

The fuss about female pop artists like Nigerian Tiwa Savage posing semi-nude in their music videos or displaying their bodies in public raises some important questions: do women own their own bodies? And why do men feel the need to police female sexuality?

Romance novels exploring pre-colonial love and sexuality
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Lifestyle Romance novels exploring pre-colonial love and sexuality

By Cosmic Yoruba on June 2, 2014
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