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Romance novels exploring pre-colonial love and sexuality
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African identities Romance novels exploring pre-colonial love and sexuality

By Cosmic Yoruba on June 2, 2014

Historical romance author (and confessed teenage Mills and Boon fan) Kiru Taye is using her medium to explore pre-colonial stories and our present day impressions of the sexuality of the time

Nigerians and their sex toys
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Lifestyle Nigerians and their sex toys

By Cosmic Yoruba on May 19, 2014

If most Nigerians are to be believed, we do not use sex toys. But somebody’s buying all the sex toys sold in Nigeria, and it’s not uncommon to see ads for sex toys in newspapers. Are we just shy about talking about using “aids” to jazz up our sex lives?

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Lifestyle Decolonising the mind: The misunderstanding of traditional African beliefs

By Cosmic Yoruba on May 6, 2014

There are few religions as globally misunderstood as African traditional religions. Whether it is being wrongly labelled voodoo, juju or witchcraft, indigenous African faith systems tend to be associated with darkness, animal and human sacrifices, violence and general backwardness

Traditional medicine in a modern world
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Politics and Society Traditional medicine in a modern world

By Cosmic Yoruba on April 8, 2014

Under colonial rule, traditional healers were deemed backward and outlawed. Little was done to investigate the legitimacy of what these healers actually did. Today the prejudice remains, but our ancestors weren’t stupid. We need to clinically research these remedies.

White Barbie, out! Queens of Africa, in
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Arts, Culture and Sport White Barbie, out! Queens of Africa, in

By Cosmic Yoruba on March 28, 2014August 13, 2019

Something is terribly wrong when a Nigerian girl like myself grows up craving white Barbie dolls. Girls all over Africa crave the same today, and this far from harmless. Fortunately Nigerians are starting to produce dolls that look like us.

Asian anti-Black racism in Nigeria
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African identities Asian anti-Black racism in Nigeria

By Cosmic Yoruba on March 17, 2014

Anti-Black racism from Arabs is nothing new, but anti-Black racism from East and South-East Asians is not what most Nigerians expect. I work at an Asian embassy in Nigeria, and here’s what I witnessed.

Yoruba deities as movie superheroes
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Arts, Culture and Sport Yoruba deities as movie superheroes

By Cosmic Yoruba on March 4, 2014

“Oya: Rise of the Orisha” is an upcoming feature film that blends the Western superhero genre with Yoruba mythology. The film garnered internet attention following their Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign.

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Lifestyle Twerk: booty-dancing a white privilege?

By Cosmic Yoruba on February 27, 2014

You ain’t down if you ain’t got the twerk. But why do white girls win cred for twerking while black girls get called “ghetto”, among other things? A case of white privilege?

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Lifestyle Sex, Nollywood and Nigerian hypocrisy

By Cosmic Yoruba on February 25, 2014

If you’re one of Nollywood’s millions of fans around the world, you can’t fail to have read one of the sensational headlines in the blogosphere and Nigerian media earlier this year: “Nollywood now producing blue films”, “From Nollywood to Pornllywood”.

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