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2010s: Nigeria’s criminalisation of same-sex marriage has created a hostile atmosphere for the LGBTQ+ population
Blessings
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When Obiefuna’s father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family’s apprentice, newly arrived from the nearby village, he banishes Obiefuna to a Christian boarding school marked by strict hierarchy and routine, devastating violence. Utterly alienated from the people he loves, Obiefuna begins a journey of self-discovery and blossoming desire, while his mother Uzoamaka grapples to hold onto her favourite son, her truest friend.
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s criminalisation of same-sex marriage has created a hostile atmosphere for the LGBTQ+ population.
Teenager Obiefuna’s father send him to a harsh religious boarding school, after witnessing him in an intimate moment with another boy. This innocent scene has no place in Nigeria with its entrenched social mores and cultural rules, where being anything other than straight is illegal. When he goes to the school, where he supposed to learn what it means to fit into society – instead he experiences and observes an endless stream of brutality and violence. His poor mother who loves him dearly, misses him and her heart breaks.
This is set across the whole country but Port Harcourt is on the map as the author is from here.
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Destination/Location: Nigeria Author: Chukwuebuka Ibeh Departure: 2010s
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