She Called Me Woman
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"These true stories are beautifully told, the pain and honesty and hope and joy in these accounts is strong like a song" - Stella Duffy
This stirring and intimate collection brings together 25 first-hand accounts to paint a vivid portrait of what it means to be a queer Nigerian woman. These beautifully told stories of resistance and resilience reveal the realities of a community that will no longer be invisible. From the joy and excitement of first love, and from childhood games to addiction and suicide, She Called Me Woman shows us how Nigerian queer women, in all their multitudes, attempt to build a life together.
She Called Me Woman challenges us to rethink what it means to be a Nigerian 'woman', negotiating relationships, money, sexuality and freedom, identifying outside the gender binary, and the difficulties of achieving hopes and dreams in a climate of fear.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. She Called Me 'Woman'
- 2. I Pray That Everyone Has Forgotten
- 3. Love Is Not Wrong
- 4. I Only Admire Girls
- 5. This is What I Have Been Missing
- 6. Focusing On Joy
- 7. My Sexuality Is Just The Icing On The Cake
- 8. I Am A Proud Lesbian
- 9. If You Want Lesbian, Go To Room 24
- 10. Living A Double Life
- 11. Everybody In J-Town Is Now A Lola
- 12. I Want To Be Myself Around People I Care About
- 13. What Is Happiness?
- 14. When I Die, I Just Want To Be Remembered
- 15. To Anyone Being Hated, Be Strong
- 16. Your Sexuality Doesn't Define Who You Are
- 17. Same-Sex Relationships Are A Choice
- 18. There Is No One Way To Be A Woman
- 19. This Is Not Our World
- 20. Who I Have Sex With Is Not Part Of My Identity
- 21. Some Things You Do For Your Heart
- 22. I Don't Believe In Love
- 23. I Can Still Love More
- 24. Why Do I Have To Ask You To Consider Me Human?
- 25. I Convinced Myself I Wasn't A Lesbian
- Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Support Cassava Republic Press
- Copyright
