Wana Udobang

Bio:

Wana Udobang is a Nigeria-based freelance journalist, poet and filmmaker who works at the intersection of women’s rights, social justice, personal narratives, culture, and the arts.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 25, 2018 | Wana Udobang | Arts and culture, Body image and body standards, International
The women selling beauty secrets from a region best known for Boko Haram

ABUJA, Nigeria—Masturah Musa kneads a ball of halawa with her fingers. As it begins to soften, she spreads the sticky caramel across her customer’s leg, then pulls it upward.

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