No Tolerance: My Female Genital Mutilation Story

Posted February 6th, 2015 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Culture, Medical Anthropology, Nigeria, Womanism

by: Dolapo Adedapo Years ago during my Undergraduate studies, I participated in a study abroad program in Tanzania, one of the best experiences of my life. While I do understand as a young Nigerian woman who schooled in Nigeria, that living in another African country doesn’t seem like it should be the biggest deal, I […]

Egusi, the Organic West African Miracle Food

Posted July 23rd, 2013 by Lolade in African Foods are Healthy, AFRiCKA, Blog, Food Politics, Health & Vitality, Medical Anthropology

I have always loved egusi more than any other Yoruba soup. If I could eat it with my other Naija favorite, plantain (raw, baked, fried, boiled), every day, I’d be in heaven. But it tastes much better with eba (dried, fermented cassava) or iyan (pounded yam) But what is Egusi, really? Egusi (“Citrullus Lanatus”) […]