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She Called Me Woman : Nigerias Queer Women Speak

Author :  Azzenarth Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Refeeat Aliyu

Product Details

Country
Nigeria
Publisher
Cassava Republic Press, Abuja, Nigeria
ISBN 9781911115595
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2018
Bib. Info 368p.
Categories Sociology/Culture Studies
Product Weight 400 gms.
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Product Description

This stirring and intimate collection brings together 30 unique narratives to paint a vivid portrait of what it means to be a queer Nigerian woman. Covering an array of experiences – the joy and excitement of first love, the agony of lost love and betrayal, the sometimes-fraught relationship between sexuality and spirituality, addiction and suicide, childhood games and laughter – She Called Me Woman sheds light on how Nigerian queer women, despite their differences, attempt to build a life together in a climate of fear. Through first-hand accounts, She Called Me Woman challenges us to rethink what it means to be a Nigerian ‘woman’, negotiating relationships, money, sexuality and freedom, identifying outside the gender binary, and the difficulties of achieving hopes and dreams under the constraints of societal expectations and legal terrorism. She Called Me Woman is full of beautifully told stories of resistance and resilience, joy and laughter, heartbreaks and victories, collecting the realities of a community that will no longer be invisible.

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