Benin History & Research Centre in Diaspora

Posing in front of my church building. It was, indeed, a fulfilling Sunday.  l wanted to wear my Ankara attire this morning. Unfortunately, the zip got destroyed immediately I stepped out of my apartment. It took me another one hour to put this fashion together. Anyway, that is one of the characteristics of modern women. We should be conscious of the fact that women's fashion is rooted in patriarchal structure of  society. According to Micheal H Hellet, "for the past 6,000-odd years what women could and could not wear was entirely-and often punitively-dictated by the patriarchal cultures they lived in".  As a result, women are subjected to confirm to this fashion expectation.

      The question of whether or not killer Herdsmen are Nigerians   is still an open question! Some politicians claimed that killer Herdsmen are not real Fulani Herdsmen. For instance, governor Nasir El Rufai argues that killer Herdsmen are non-Nigerian Fulanis and that they are from Niger, Mali, Chad and other neighbouring countries. The former vice-president of federal republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar also said that they are not Fulani at all, whether local or foreign. The issue of killer Herdsmen has become a complex problem in Nigeria, due to the weak security operation in the country.  During president Buhari’s visit to Plateau State (following the attack on some villages that led to the death of almost 100 innocent Nigerians) he said that, “the farmer knows that the Nigerian cattle herder that he knows doesn’t carry nothing more than a stick. The herder carries something to cut grass to feed his cattle. But the present herder, I am told, carr...