Tag: Nollywood
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Nollywood: Seen these Queer Naija Movies?
For decades, Nollywood has portrayed LGBTQ+ characters through a lens of prejudice, often casting them as villains or subjects of “conversion therapy.” When not depicted as sinister, they are reduced to comic relief, caricatured through exaggerated roles and humiliating storylines. These harmful portrayals reinforce negative stereotypes and deepen societal bias against Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ community. Fortunately,…