For Social Media Week Lagos, I'm hosting an event called 'CODE RED: African Women Rising in Media and Tech.' In line with the theme, "The Future is Now: Always On, Always Connected", CODE RED, a networking event, will facilitate connections between women who are trailblazing in social media and technology.
When I woke up to International Women's Day celebrations today, the first thing on my mind wasn't politics, but the personal connections I didn't know I would forfeit the minute I stopped wearing skirts, traded in my long hair for a frohawk, and fell in love with a woman. In…
The following interview was originally published at Ms. Magazine via the Femisphere, a profile interview series about feminists in the blogsphere. The series featured three Nigerian feminists, prompting my reflection on "internet lists" via the post, "What Does an African Feminist Look Like?" (and even a head-nod from Melissa Harris-Perry!).…
I prepared this short presentation as part of the "Feminist Cyborgs: Actvism, Online Fundraising, and Security" webinar, hosted by African Feminist Forum and Association for Progressive Communications. My 10-minute presentation includes a brief introduction to crowdfunding and some popular crowdfunding tools. Using my Africans for African new media project as…
I am an African feminist cyborg! The feminist cyborg is at home both online and offline, and her activism is reflected in her online life (whether it is through blogs, tweets and general online presence) as well as in what she does offline (working for a feminist organization, working with…