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Pelumi Salako
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Freelance Contributor, Freelance
West Africa
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Biography
Pelumi Salako covers arts, culture, development, tech, security, human rights, and climate change for Al Jazeera, Devex, The Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Guardian, National Public Radio, Mail & Guardian, Internazionale, and Foreign Policy among other global newspapers. He also takes storytelling assignments from INGOs to showcase the impact of their work on the ground. He is the 2023 recipient of The Future Award Prize for Journalism and holds a B.A. in History and International Studies.
security, human rights development,I am available for general assignments but I am currently focused on arts tech, culture and climate change.
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Content
By Pelumi Salako| The Republic (Nigeria) Verified Collage by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC. THE MINISTRY OF POLITICAL AFFAIRSCollage by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC. THE MINISTRY OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS2024 was a year of protests in Africa. Citizens across many countries took to the streets to express frustration at their unyielding situations. From Maputo to Lagos to Accra to Nairobi, people-led protests and uprisings stung the government, and in some cases, taking security forces by surprise.
By Pelumi Salako| Context Verified What’s the context? Ghana's incoming president faces dilemma over signing the country's strict anti-LGBTQ+ bill into forceGhana's incoming president, John Mahama, must weigh whether to approve a strict anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament, but left unsigned by his predecessor, that could jeopardise billions of dollars of financing from international creditors. Here's what you need to know. What does the bill do?
‘This is incredible’: a new generation of music lovers discovers the 70s sounds of the Lijadu Sisters
By Pelumi Salako| The Guardian Verified The sun is hot and traffic flows slowly as music enthusiasts make their way to Lagos’s Jazzhole, a shop that has morphed into a cultural hub over decades. The crowd, many of them young, are there for a documentary screening celebrating the Lijadu Sisters, stars of the Nigerian music scene in the 1970s and 80s, whose music is making a comeback.
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Freelance
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