Sokari Ekine

Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist and blogger living in Spain. She writes an award winning blog, Black Looks, dealing with a range of topics such as LGBTI Rights in Africa, gender issues, human rights, the Niger Delta and Land Rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories.

She is the author of SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa (Pambazuka Press, 2010) and Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from Women of the Niger Delta (Sokari Ekine, 2009).

Experts Weekly contributions

Experts Weekly: Democracy in Nigeria 04/04/11