It has been a while. It has been a year. I am not sure why it has taken me so long to update the blog with a new post, but I think I will put down to the global COVID pandemic situation and the ensuing lockdowns. I think it has impacted me mentally more than… Continue reading Man In The Mirror
Tag: Tolerance
Nigeria Recognises Same Sex Marriage
While planning a quick getaway Kasie Anyawu, realised his Nigerian passport was due to expire a few weeks after his wedding day and had to be renewed. Weeks later after the wedding, he set about completing the online application form for his passport renewal. Not quite used to being married, when it came to answering… Continue reading Nigeria Recognises Same Sex Marriage
Press Statement
Some of you may have noticed the lack of updates on the blog since the beginning of the year. I have had to take some time off blogging due to a couple of life changing events recently, which have caused me to pause and do some deep soul-searching. As part of the introspection, I had to… Continue reading Press Statement
Dear Nigerian Homophobe II
Hello fiends, I throway salute o!! It’s been a minute. In my previous letter I said I'd try and help you look less asinine in the World Forum of Homophobes (Click here to recap). Not an easy task and I am under no illusion that it will happen in my life time. But as the… Continue reading Dear Nigerian Homophobe II
It Takes A Village…..
“It takes a village to raise a child” I love this African saying and its practice in the community has huge benefits to a child’s formative years and indeed all the way into adulthood. But like everything in life there are disadvantages. Everyone in the community contributes in whatever way they can to the child’s… Continue reading It Takes A Village…..
Hell or High Water – A Short Film
A few days ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link to this Nigerian gay-themed short film titled, Hell or High water presented by The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), a Nigeria based NGO. Though the film is only 30 minutes long and void of the usual Nigerian gay stereotype characterisation, it is quite incisive, emotional… Continue reading Hell or High Water – A Short Film
Conversation With The Barber II
The last time I mentioned my barber was in January, it is now August. That doesn't mean that I have been running around looking like I am auditioning for a part in a Blaxploitation movie. Quite the opposite. I have been to see him and been having my hair cut, just that we haven’t had… Continue reading Conversation With The Barber II
Sagba Chronicles 