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Spotlighting minority stories from Nigeria.

  1. 3d ago

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Christopher James

    In this final episode of The Outsiders (Season II), CJ reflects on masculinity, softness, and the freedom to define manhood on his own terms. An intriguing conversation in the Bodies Bodies Bodies ensemble, he speaks unapologetically about being a feminine man who identifies with he/him pronouns, rejecting the notion that femininity diminishes masculinity. Drawing from experiences of abandonment, insecurity, and the complexities of queer intimacy in Lagos, Christopher critiques the hierarchies of dominance that persist both within and beyond queer communities. Instead, he advocates for a politics of gentleness: protecting one's softness, nurturing self-love, and refusing the abandonment of oneself or others. His reflections invite a more expansive understanding of what men—and masculinity—can be. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  2. Sep 11

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Bamise

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Bamise reflects on embracing a life that refuses convention. As part of Bodies Bodies Bodies, they describe shapeshifting through style and self-presentation as an expression of a philosophy rooted in freedom rather than consistency. Acknowledging that we cannot always control how others perceive us, Bamise focuses instead on choosing which parts of the self to reveal. They also speak candidly about navigating grief and loss, finding solace in journaling and arriving at the conviction that authenticity is the only sustainable way to live. The conversation becomes a quiet affirmation of yearning, resilience, and the courage to inhabit one's fullest self. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  3. Sep 3

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Shemaiah

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Shemaiah reflects on the body as something fluid, shaped by memory, context, and the gaze of others. They describe moving between softness and armour, learning when the body can be home and when it must protect itself. Their androgynous appearance invites admiration alongside intrusive demands for certainty, making visibility both affirming and precarious. Through clothing, community, and carefully negotiated expressions of femininity, Shemaiah cultivates safety without surrendering complexity. Rejecting rigid ideas of gender inherited from childhood, they embrace multiplicity, imagining the self as a nebula—expansive, ever-changing, and resistant to easy definition. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  4. Aug 28

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Afreaudeity

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Afreaudeity reflects on beauty as a practice of simply existing, free from the expectations of gender, desirability, or convention. As part of Bodies Bodies Bodies, they explore what it means to accept the body as wholly one's own, rather than measuring it against ideas of what is womanly, manly, or queer enough. Speaking candidly about transitioning, they describe community as the foundation of their becoming, while acknowledging the mind as the greatest site of struggle. Through care, acceptance, and quiet resistance, they offer a moving meditation on inhabiting the body without apology and recognising that one is never “too much”. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  5. Aug 20

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Teno

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Teno reflects on the liberating relationship they have built with their body through movement and strength. As part of Bodies Bodies Bodies, they speak about embracing the gym as a source of emotional resilience while resisting the pressures placed on bodies that fall outside conventional ideas of womanhood. Family, strangers, and society alike have questioned their muscularity, gender, and sexuality, yet physical exercise has become a pathway to deeper self-love. Identifying as agender and asexual, they also highlight the scarcity of narratives that reflect their experience, offering a powerful reminder that gender, embodiment, and desire need not conform to familiar scripts. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  6. Aug 13

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Boyega Taiwo

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Boyega Taiwo reflects on growing up as the slimmest child in a culture where size is equated with health and masculinity with strength. As part of Bodies Bodies Bodies, he examines the pressures placed on queer men to embody gym-built ideals and the assumptions assigned to bodies within friendships, intimacy, and queer communities. Through self-reflection, Boyega reimagines care as an everyday practice rather than a pursuit of perfection, embracing nutrition, rest, dancing, and learning to inhabit his body with kindness. His story offers a thoughtful meditation on moving beyond constant scrutiny towards a more compassionate relationship with the self. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  7. Aug 7

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Bola Yahaya

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Bola Yahaya reflects on growing up as an effeminate child while navigating queerness within a Muslim home, where public and private scrutiny shaped an early struggle with body dysmorphia. As part of Bodies Bodies Bodies, they explore how fashion became both refuge and language, using fabric, silhouette, and performance to embrace what they describe as an innate “fairy-ness”—a softness and spectacle often suppressed by rigid gender norms. Bola also speaks candidly about living with HIV, arguing that silence and misinformation remain more burdensome than the condition itself. The conversation traces a journey from trauma-informed intimacy to pleasure, affirmation, and creating space for others to feel seen. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

  8. Jul 31

    Bodies Bodies Bodies – Fiyin

    In this episode of The Outsiders (Season II), Fiyin reflects on growing into a body that was sexualised long before she understood it herself. This is another important entry in Bodies Bodies Bodies. Developing early meant carrying self-consciousness alongside adolescence, revealing how culture shapes the ways women learn to see their bodies. Through conversations on body politics, queer feminism, and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), she explores the complexities of a relationship marked by both discomfort and care. As an artist, Fiyin documents women's bodies and health as a way of challenging silence, while advocating strength training as an important practice that expands conversations around women's wellbeing, agency, and embodiment. Hosted by Tomide Odu ___________ Bodies Bodies Bodies is originally an experimental photo documentary by Temiloluwa Johnson, supported by Obodo Nigeria, a youth-led organisation advancing queer rights through creative expression, community building, and cultural production. The project explores the body as a site of memory, resistance, desire, care, and becoming. Expanded into an accompanying audio series by The Outsiders Stories, it brings together intimate conversations with queer Nigerians whose stories illuminate the many ways people inhabit, understand, and reclaim their bodies in contemporary Nigeria. Subscribe to The Outsiders Stories: https://theoutsidersstories.substack.com/

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Spotlighting minority stories from Nigeria.

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  • Creator
    The Outsiders Stories
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
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