Nasiba Mbabe Bawa, Author at Littafi

March 22, 2022 .

africanliterature, lagos to london, lolaaworantiekugo

Though the book is set in Lagos and London, it’s a reality most of us can relate to from anywhere in Africa. There is someth...

March 3, 2022 .

akerstrom, ineverymirroshesblack, lolaakinmade

Unfortunately for Kemi, her worst fears were confirmed. She was only a redundant body in a ceremonial role. Jonny poached Kemi for...

March 2, 2022 .

nikkimay, wahala

I haven’t lived in London before, but I’m not sure that Africans in London who are almost working-class or working-cla...

January 24, 2022 .

chikaunigwe, nightdancer

A man sleeps with the maid and impregnates her, deceives the wife he claims to love, and this same wife, Ezi, is required to apolo...

January 24, 2022 .

daughterswhowalkthispath, yejidekilanko

Why did I have to carry this shame like a second skin? And every day for a month after the incident, I would usually find myself w...

January 25, 2022 .

africanliterature, nanadarkoa, thesexlivesofafricanwomen

As an African woman, I have lived in shame, and shame has lived in me. I told myself I was keeping my virginity for my husband. I ...

January 10, 2022 .

queer, speaknoevil, uzodinmaiweala

Niru is gay and cannot freely explore his queerness. Although he is in a country like America, the Africanness and religiosity in ...

January 7, 2022 .

akwaekeemezi, queer, thedeathofvivekoji

We assume that people are either gay or lesbians, forgetting that the queer spectrum is broad and there are so many intersections....

January 5, 2022 .

africanliterature, anamericanmarriage

It reminds me of a young man who once promised forever. He had been so consistent and intense in his promises of forever that I be...