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Lola Adesioye

Lola Adesioye is a British Nigerian writer and commentator. Her work has been published in The Guardian, The Economist, The Times of London and many more international publications.

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    When #Hashtag Activism Meets Unhinged Terrorism

    A powerful account of the April 14, 2014, Boko Haram mass kidnappings in Chibok, Nigeria, also provides a cautionary tale about what happens after the celebrity tweeting stops

    byLola Adesioye
  • Monrovia, Liberia, August 2014. (John Moore/Getty Images)
    Monrovia, Liberia, August 2014. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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    Know What’s Scarier—and More of a Threat—Than Ebola? The Racism It’s Fueling.

    A hysteria-fueled media paints a continent’s people in grossly stereotypical strokes. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.

    byLola Adesioye
  • Former Nigerian education minister and vice president of the World Bank's Africa division (C) Obiageli Ezekwesili Eze leads a march of Nigerian women and mothers of the kidnapped girls of Chibok, calling for their freedom, in Abuja on April 30, 2014.(Philip Ojisua/AFP/Getty Images)
    Former Nigerian education minister and vice president of the World Bank's Africa division (C) Obiageli Ezekwesili Eze leads a march of Nigerian women and mothers of the kidnapped girls of Chibok, calling for their freedom, in Abuja on April 30, 2014.(Philip Ojisua/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Do We Really Care If Muslim Extremists Kidnap 300 Girls in Nigeria?

    The militant group Boko Haram is far more audacious than even this recent horrific, and unresolved, mass abduction lets on

    byLola Adesioye
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