Sex, citizenship and the state in Nigeria: Islam, Christianity and emergent struggles over intimacy

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Title:	Sex, citizenship and the state in Nigeria: Islam, Christianity and emergent struggles over intimacy
Author:	Obadare, Ebenezer
Year:	2015
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:	42
Issue:	143
Pages:	62-76
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	homosexuality sexuality citizenship State Islam Christianity
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2014.988699
Abstract:	In this article, the author uses the belligerence toward alternative sexualities in Nigeria as a point of departure for a critical appraisal of the terms of inclusion and exclusion in the country's body politic. This belligerence has thrown up a rare alliance of the state, religious leaders and the print media. Attributing this alliance to the postcolonial crisis over the functions of masculinisation and power, the author suggests that anti-gay resentment is a straw man for a ruling elite facing growing socio-economic pressure. This shunting-off of sexual 'others' from the terrain of publicaction has profound implications for the way modern Nigerian citizenship is understood. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]