She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak

by Azeenarh Mohammed

Writing from India edited by Ashwini Sukthankar; and Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Same-Sex Practices in Africa edited

I was always swaying when I walked, swinging my waist with reckless abandon because I didn’t care what people said and because my mum showed me love and didn’t seem to care either.

You will not touch a small part of me and get away with it. I will retaliate on the spot so that you know I am not weak. They