Sex, citizenship and the state in Nigeria: Islam, Christianity and emergent struggles over intimacy

Ebenezer Obadare

Review of African Political Economy, 2020, vol. 42, issue 143, 62-76

Abstract: In this article, the author uses the belligerence toward alternative sexualities in Nigeria as a point of departure for a critical appraisal of the terms of inclusion and exclusion in the country's body politic. This belligerence has thrown up a rare alliance of the state, religious leaders and the print media. Attributing this alliance to the postcolonial crisis over the functions of masculinisation and power, the author suggests that anti-gay resentment is a straw man for a ruling elite facing growing socio-economic pressure. This shunting-off of sexual ‘others’ from the terrain of public action has profound implications for the way modern Nigerian citizenship is understood.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.988699

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