It’s hypocrisy to label a woman ashawo!

In Nigeria especially, the most insulting words to hurl at a woman is to call her a harlot or ashawo. Coined from the Yoruba word, “asewo,” connoting one who receives pittance in other words, who “breaks down money” into bits.…

I beat my friend’s boyfriend and I will beat him again!

I am not trying to prove anything by saying I beat a man; I am just saying if he repeats the nonsense he did to my friend another time, I will beat him again! Let me start from where you…

Confessions of a prostitute – Ashawo no be better work!

My name is Blessing Matthias but call me Ibukun, because that is what my name means in Yoruba language, although, I’m not a Yoruba person. My occupation? As in job? I am sex worker; at Sharp Corner Hotel, for this…

Did you hear about the Ashawo Riot in Ajegunle? – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

I have seen many things in this Lagos, “many thing you no understand”, as Adaora Lilly Ulasi titled her novel. As a young reporter in THISWEEK magazine, I was used as an interview object for any new girl looking for…

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