Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria's Queer Men Speak is a raw and powerful collection of 25 first-person narratives that explore the diverse experience of queer Nigerian men. These stirring stories cut across age, class, religion, ethnicity, family and relationships, offering a glimpse into what it means to survive as a queer man in Nigeria. From Tunji, who takes us back to the thriving networking community before social media, to Chukwori, who struggles to reconcile his need to serve God with his sexuality, and Abdulkarim, who frustratingly wonders if he'll ever stop working twice as hard to be accepted, these stories are full of contradictions, anger, resiliency, profound insight, and radical hope.
With heightened levels of oppression, violence, and discrimination faced by LGBTQ Nigerians due to the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Law, these voices remind us of what the queer community in Nigeria has always been fighting for - the freedom to be themselves, love themselves, and love each other, despite being viewed as unworthy. Love Offers No Safety is a heart-breaking yet hopeful reminder that love knows no boundaries and offers no safety, but it is worth fighting for.
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Höhe: 239 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-1-913175-48-1 (9781913175481)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jude Dibia is an author, queer rights advocate, winner of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prose Prize, and shortlisted for the Nigeria Literature Prize, Common Wealth Prize and the Swedish Natur och Kulture Pris. His debut novel 'Walking with Shadows' is the first full length novel devoted to queer issues in Nigeria. Dibia currently lives in Sweden where he works with displaced artists as the administrator of the Malmoe City refuge artists' program (Malmoe Fristads Program). He is also working on his next novel.
Table
Of Contents
Introduction
The
Past Was More Accepting Than The Future
I
Was Never Alone With My Mother's Love
My
Sexuality Is Part Of Me, But It Does Not Define Me
Do
Not Rely Too Much On Labels, For Too Often They Are Fables
Navigating
Loneliness
The
Many Faces Of Love Offers No Safety
A
Divine Life In Darkness, A Liberated Life In Light
Between
A Rock And A Hard Place
As
Long As I Love Myself, I Will Be Fine
When
I Am No Longer Afraid, I Will Stop Being Perfect
My
Future Is Not With A Woman
My
Sexuality Does Not Affects My Faith
Every
Man Is Born Gay
Waiting
On The Sideline For The Life I Desire
Despite
Pitfalls, I Have Triumphed In My Sexuality
I
Am Queer. This Is Who I Am
My
Activism Is To Protect Vulnerable People
Swinging
Both Ways With A Solid Marriage
I
Will Continue To Survive Within This Environment
It
Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am
Steppingstones
To Happiness
I
Was Forced To Come Out
If
Your Son Asks For Bread, Will You Give Him A Stone?
The
Tide Will Determine How Well The Pendulum Will Swing
