I am really excited to be featured amongst seven other incredibly talented Nigerian women at the Organisation of Women Writers of Africa’s Yari Yari Ntoaso international conference on literature. Not only have I become friends with three of the women on the bill Wura-Natasha Ogunji , Lola Shoneyin and Bibi Bakare, I am also a fan of their work. So I feel so honoured to be in their company. We

By Wana Udobang As far back as I can remember, I have always been an artist’s guinea pig, whether its being an extra in my friends Claire or Ghandi’s student films or Victor Ehikhamenor’s installation piece for his exhibition ‘Entrances and Exits’, I am always a willing collaborator. This was the reason why when Nigerian/American artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji asked me to be a part of her performance piece titled ‘Will

By Wana Udobang News flash….domestic violence and rape incidences are rising at souring rates; tell us something we don’t already know. Or perhaps we are just witnessing more newspaper coverage on the issue. At least that is progress of some sort. Social media is splattered with church banners and leaflets on special deliverance and prayer sessions against delayed marriages. We laugh but it is partly a representation of our accepted

The 14th of February. A day dedicated to celebrating love and lovers all around the world; Valentines Day. It was also V-Day; a global activist movement to end violence against women. Women in over 200 countries, from South Africa to the Philippines and even here in Lagos, dancing and chanting all spurred on by the brutal Delhi rape. We danced with placards from Toyin Street roundabout to Alade market, shoving

1k4cancer Newsletter 2012 THE CAMPAIGN The 1k4Cancer Campaign commenced on October 2012 to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October the campaign travelled all over Lagos and indeed throughout the world via social media, raising awareness and funds for the treatment of breast cancer. In Nigeria supporters contributed funds and through personal stories of loss and accounts of the struggle with the ailment, which were published on

Anyone involved in the not-for-profit sector can tell you tales for days about the lack of support and the difficulties involved in trying to do good. It is why i was completely overjoyed to hear that  Tolu Sangosanya was selected as a Youth Action Net global fellows for 2012. I have been fortunate to be well acquainted with her and can attest to some of the amazing work that she

MOREMI INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA “Applications are welcome from young African women ages 19 – 25, living in Africa and the Diaspora.” CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2013 MILEAD FELLOWSHIP Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa (Moremi Initiative) is pleased to announce its annual call for applications for the 2013 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program. The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program

By Wana Udobang “I am going schizo,” he says, as he rubs his palm onto his forehead and shuts his eyes tight till they forge wrinkles on each side. “I know,” I respond in a light whisper. I don’t know if that was what I was supposed to say.  I did not know what the appropriate response should have been. I felt a sense that he needed to reach out

By Wana Udobang Lola Shoneyin is a poet and novelist. Her collections of poetry include All The Time I Was Sitting On An Egg and Song Of The Riverbird. Her novel, The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives is a tragicomic tale of the four wives of a Nigerian patriarch. The critically acclaimed Baba Segi as the novel is now fondly called was long listed for the 2011 Orange prize

I am really exited to be facilitating two sessions for the Green Festival at  The Lagos Book and Arts Festival this Saturday the 17th of November. Its going to be a whole day filled with all the things I am passionate about. Women, art, culture  literature, and young people. Touch wood some Freedom Park spicy fish will be thrown in there somehow. I was invited by Shola Alamotu who is