nigeria

I risk my life to wear nail polish. This is why I still do it.

Some of my fondest memories are of me seated in my aunt’s bedroom surrounded by tiny jars of nail polish. I’m all but 5-years old and transfixed by my aunt and her beauty supplies. Next to her lies a nail file, her cheap makeup collection, and of course...

‘A Nasty Boy’ was Nigeria’s groundbreaking queer publication. And then its founder was lured, beaten and outed.

(A Nasty Boy launched to international applause. A year later, its founder was targeted. Photo courtesy A Nasty Boy)This time last year, Richard Akuson, 25, seemed to have it all. In his hometown of Abuja, Nigeria, he was not only the founder of a boutique PR agency called The...