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  • CNN – The Western Concept of Family Needs to Move With the Times
  • El Pais – El feminismo africano habla español
  • The New Statesman – “No bio-wife will ever be that loyal”: the Reddit sex robot forums radicalising men
  • Aeon – First Women of Philosophy
  • Quartz – A reading list for men who care about feminism
  • BadassWomen’sHour- Ep 188: Pan-African feminism with Minna Salami
  • Madifon By Fashion – Interview
  • Youth Influencers Project – Interview
  • SVT Opinion – https://www.svt.se/opinion/minna-salami-om-brittiska-prinsbrollpet
  • Newsweek – After The #Metoo Movement, Could This International Women’s Day Be The Most Pivotal Yet?
  • TV Globo Brazil – Interview
  • Afrika.no – Interview
  • Casa da Mae Joanna – Interview
  • Deutsche Welle – Pulse Interview
  • The Africa Report – The Question – Is feminism un-African?
  • Mashable – 13 feminists who play the Twitter game to win
  • Guardian Woman – The time for a women’s revolution is now
  • Wiroko – Interview in Spanish
  • London Feminist Film Festival
  • Helsingin Sanomat – Suomessa syntynyt muotibloggari Minna Salami on nyt Afrikan naisten äänitorvi
  • Sveriges Radio – Minna Salami on afrikkalaisen feminismin vahvimpia ääniä
  • Sveriges Radio – Minna Salami: “Stort intresse för kvinnofrågor i afrikansk film”
  • TRUE AFRICA – MsAfropolitan on booty shaking and African feminism
  • A-Z of Things Unseen: M is for Mysticism
  • Fett Mag – Feminism is not self-help (In Norwegian)
  • The Daily Trust – Nigerians need to rediscover Nigeria – Minna Salami
  • Unruly – working girl: minna salami, writer
  • Sveriges Radio – Afropolitism – kosmopolitismen som sätter Afrika i centrum – Radio Essay (in Swedish)
  • For Harriet – 18 Phenomenal African Feminists to Know and Celebrate
  • The Corporate Canvas interview about feminism, pan-Africanism and more
  • AWID – What Feminists Want In 2015: Our Hopes, Dreams And Aspirations
  • Africa On The Blog – 52 influential Africa Diaspora you should know
  • The Telegraph – Mixed race in the UK: am I the future face of this country?
  • CNN African Voices – These are the African writers you should be reading right now
  • CNN Leading Women – Queen of the Selfie: the enduring allure of Frida Kahlo
  • Afronoire Magazine, June 2014 (INTERVIEW)- FEMME PHENOMENAL: Minna Salami – a curious woman in a fascinating world comments on afropolitanism and feminism
  • African Book Review – Minna Salami: An Interview with the Creator of Ms. Afropolitan
  • Eelan Media Top 100 most influential black people on digital/social media 
  • CNN Leading Women – Tweetchat How can women change the world?
  • Applause Africa – 20 African women with powerful and inspiring voices
  • Ahram Online – African women leaders on the rise
  • The Voice Newspaper UK – Best of Black British Bloggers
  • Lean In Blog – African women are blazing a feminist trail
  • MsMagazine – The Femisphere: African Feminist Bloggers, Part 1
  • AfroElle Magazine  – 2013 Power List
  • MsMagazine – The Femisphere: African Feminist Bloggers, Part 1
  • The Ann Arbor Review of Books – From Afrocentrism to Afropolitanism: Subcultural Journeys in Minna Salami’s Poetry
  • CNN.com – Inside Africa – Young, urban and culturally savvy, meet the Afropolitans
  • Catch-A-Vibe – An Afropolitan Shopping Experience
  • Charcoal Ink – Natural of the Week
  • Haute Fashion Africa – MsAfropolitan presents: The Rise of Afropolitan Fashion & What is an Afropolitan?: at the V&A Friday Late

Selected writings

  • The Royal Society of Arts – A critical moment for feminism
  • RosaLux Magazine – “Feminism in Nigeria – By and for whom”
  • The Observer – Feminism is to be found in the tiniest detail
  • The Pigeonhole – Why haven’t you heard about Adelaide Casely-Hayford?
  • The 2014 Africa Prosperity Report – The Middle Class in Nigeria (pdf)
  • Commonwealth Writers – Migrating To Myself
  • Africa Lecture Series: University of Berlin – African Women in Revolution
  • Gender IT – The coming of (digital) age – How African feminists are using the internet to change women’s lives
  • Role Reboot – Why young people are opting out of monogamy
  • The Daily Nation (Kenya) – Just what kind of woman did Mandela marry?
  • WINGS Magazine – How Africa is shaping Globalisation
  • The New Internationalist – Change-makers: women of the African diaspora
  • YNaija – Nigeria, the birthplace of a global spirituality
  • Hazlitt – What got us into feminism

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Hi! I'm Minna Salami, I'm a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer and social critic, and the founder of this blog. Read my full bio here

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