Edited by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Rafeeat Aliyu
She
Called Me Woman is a collection of first-hand accounts by a community telling
their stories on their own terms. This engaging and groundbreaking collection
of queer women's narratives includes stories of first time love and curiosity,
navigating same-sex feelings and spirituality, growing up gender non-conforming
and overcoming family and society's expectations. What does it means to be a
queer Nigerian? How does one embrace the label of `woman'? While some tell of
self-acceptance, others talk of friendship and building a home in the midst
of the anti-same sex marriage law. The narrators range from those who knew they
were gay from a very early age to those who discovered their attraction to the
same sex later in life.
The stories challenge the stereotypes of what
we assume is lesbian, bisexual, gay, and *trans in Nigeria and they offer us
a raw, first-hand look into the lives and realities of our family, friends,
neighbours and co-workers who are queer.
Format Paperback | 344
pages Publication date 12 Sep 2018 Publisher Cassava
Republic Press