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From conflict to prosperity, Nigerian novels trace a history of how Christianity has changed after colonialism. Luis Quintero/Pexels

December 4, 2025

God in Nigeria: the country’s novelists help us understand the complexity of Christianity

Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds

Nigeria’s Christian population grew by 25% to 93 million from 2010 to 2020. Today’s novels reflect its social complexity.

Detail of journal cover courtesy The Thinker/University of Johannesburg

May 15, 2025

7 queer African works of art: new directions in books, films and fashion

Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University and Andy Carolin, University of Johannesburg

Seven queer African creative works you should know about, from short stories to music videos.

Author Akwaeke Emezi. Theo Wargo/WireImage

June 5, 2020

Nigeria’s queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness

Aretha Phiri, Rhodes University and Rocío Cobo-Piñero, Universidad de Sevilla

Despite Nigeria’s draconian laws against homosexuality, authors like the award-winning Akwaekwe Emezi are important new voices that add complexity to the question of identity.

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Adriaan van Klinken
Professor of Religion and African Studies, University of Leeds
Rocío Cobo-Piñero
Associate professor, Universidad de Sevilla
Aretha Phiri
Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
Andy Carolin
Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Johannesburg
Gibson Ncube
Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University

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