Tag: Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
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Sex education: A rejoinder to Adeleye-Fayemi’s letter to the minister
First, I would like to thank the Hon. Minister of Education for directing that sex education should be removed from the basic education curriculum. In the directive, the Hon Minister acknowledged the inalienable roles of parents as the primary educators of their children. I eagerly await the enforcement of the Hon. Minister’s directive.
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Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Joe: Oga Steven good morning. How una dey? Steven: I dey well well, thank you Oga Joseph. How family? Joe: Heh, we de manage jare. (Picking up a newspaper). ‘NDDC Interim MD Collapses at National Assembly hearings’ Benson: Yeepa! Come see cunny man o! Sebi him talk say the money whey dem chop…
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WHO IS A WITCH?
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi There was a report some days ago about a group of women in a rural community in Akwa Ibom State who were rounded up and burnt on allegations of witchcraft. In the year 2020. While we wait for the police and government to confirm or refute the news, here is an abridged…
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MOREMI CLINIC
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi In April 2019, I was invited to a seminar at the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice by the State Attorney-General, Hon Wale Fapounda. The seminar was about how to focus efforts on the needs of survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). Wale, my husband, and I go back…
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Memories of the living, By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Last year, I spent time with an older friend of mine, a veteran African women’s rights activist. She played a major role in the United Nations 1995 Women’s Conference in Beijing, and has been very active since in her home country, across the African continent and globally. She is now in her seventies.…
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Self-Isolation, By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Sometime in February, I was having a conversation with someone who wanted me to provide a date in March for an event at which I was meant to be the Guest of Honour. I told the person that I would not be able to give any dates before May. To prove my point,…
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Naked Abuse, By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
The COVID19 crisis has led to a reordering of our lives as we know it, at least for the foreseeable future. Many important events have had to be postponed. One of them is the public presentation of ‘Naked Abuse: Sex for Grades in African Universities’, written by Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, the acclaimed Public Analyst and…
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Dance and let Dance, By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Dance and let dance You own your rythm Live and let live Your life is your own Eat and let eat As long as it is your food Sleep and let sleep As long as it is with your eyes Why not Dance and let dance? What quarrel should I have with your…
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Praying or Preying?, By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi In 2016, I wrote an article, ‘When will ‘Servants of God’ stop preying on women and children? Five Lessons from the ‘Reverend’ Kingsley Ezeugo Saga’. Almost on a daily basis, there are reports about religious leaders abusing members of their congregation. This problem is a global one, and has been around for a…
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A time to reset – By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I thank the leadership of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ekiti State chapter for their kind invitation to give this lecture. I am particularly pleased that I have been asked to talk about ‘Reclaiming our Land, Restoring our Values: Beyond Slogans’. All over the country today, online and offline, there are conversations…