Dupelola Osaretin Ajala

In the 21st century, Nigerian women are visible everywhere and authoritative almost nowhere. This book examines how misogyny survives not through open hostility, but through polite systems of selection, tradition, and "neutral" procedures that decide who speaks, who represents, and who is remembered. Drawing on cultural analysis, legal pluralism, and everyday institutional practices, it shows how women are welcomed as participants yet excluded as protagonists.
Written in a clear, journalistic style, the book connects debates about gender, monogamy, family, and legacy to a broader question: how modern societies reproduce inequality while insisting they have moved beyond it. Nigeria is the case, but the patterns are global. This is not a manifesto. It is a diagnosis. And once seen, it is difficult to unsee.