Nigerian-American LGBT Activist & Artist Adejoke Tugbiyele's 'Queer African Spirit'

[Calllaris]

The work of Nigerian-American activist and visual artist Adejoke Tugbiyele spans several media, including film, sculpture and works on paper. Known primarily for hand crafted figures she assembles from repurposed materials, Tugbiyele's arts evokes themes of sexual identity and spirituality with respect to performative aspects of traditional Yoruba culture....

 

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[Calllaris]

I remember all the media hype against the LGBT people, it was really venomous, it can cause an illness. You just had to run...

Change, when will it be?

[Hawken]

Not any time soon I think.

[dequeen]

Naijalez is full of fear-fear people. And this is one of the largest groups of LBT in the country that I know of.

[Hawken]

We are not scared, we are just careful...

[Calllaris]

There are a lot of Nigerians within or without 'here', actively working to Change, forming alliances, most times foreign.

For now its more individual than communal.

Ps: If you send a signed/ pro LGBT public paper through any national daily, you think they will agree to pulish it?

[Calllaris]

 

Naijalez is full of fear-fear people. And this is one of the largest groups of LBT in the country that I know of.

 

 

But you, are an FFF (Fun fearless female) Yes?

 

Likely others have their silent pet projects to emerge this home community which is already operating quite efficiently on this platform, while we keep networking?