Sada Malumfashi, Author at This is Africa

Making music in northern Nigeria during a pandemic

Sada Malumfashi — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:47:23 +0000

As the cultural landscape rapidly changes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians and producers across northern Nigeria have creatively employed various strategies to continue making music. With little government support, musicians have had to creatively adapt and embrace new digital opportunities to survive.

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Obituary: Binyavanga Wainaina

Sada Malumfashi — Wed, 29 May 2019 13:37:35 +0000

How do you mourn three days that had an impact for a lifetime?

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Do Nigerians want a young president?

Sada Malumfashi — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:40:15 +0000

Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria’s burgeoning youth population has made the headlines come election time. This year’s election, the sixth in the current 20-year-long democratic dispensation, has highlighted the role of the youth in deciding who rules Africa’s most populous nation more than ever before.

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#ArewaMeToo: Northern Nigerian Women Call Out Abusers

Sada Malumfashi — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:50:23 +0000

Is the tide turning in Northern Nigeria for men who have grown accustomed to abusing women with impunity? asks Sada Malumfashi.

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The sex lives of Northern Nigeria

Sada Malumfashi — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:42:46 +0000

The case of pleasure and sex in Northern Nigeria is not a matter of forced conservatism or a robotic followership to a certain doctrine. It is an in-built self-censorship mechanism, and the people are comfortable with it as a way of life.

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