Adolescent Theatre: Domestic Violence and VVF in Northern Nigeria
By Amatesiro Dore The shows are site-specific: Kampala, a Gbagyi village on the outskirt of Maikunkele, the suburb where the airport in Minna is located. The language is Hausa, the lingua franca of northern Nigeria and passport to the soul of the people. The first performance is an unspoken dance drama. The drumbeat of Joshua […]
The Hajara Usman Girls Leadership Programme: A Legacy Continued
By Amatesiro Dore Hajara Usman lived in a world without Facebook, Twitter and other platforms for social media activism. At the time of her untimely death, in 1998, she was a celebrated doyen of women rights in northern Nigeria and the global Islamic world. Nowadays, her namesake is a popular Hausa movie industry, Kannywood, actress […]