MsAfropolitan
MsAfropolitan is Minna Salami's blog, in which she covers Africa and the diaspora from a feminist perspective. Here, we offer highlights as part of the Guardian Books Network
Masculinity in African literature: in praise of a literary heartthrob
As a feminist, Minna Salami is interested in how masculinity is portrayed in the arts. She defends Odenigbo – from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun – as a romantic hero as impactful and lusted-after as Don Juan, Heathcliff and Romeo