Religious Fundamentalism and Historical Analysis of Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities in Nigeria

In Nigeria, fundamentalist groups demonise the rights of women and sexual minorities. At the same time, our indigenous histories of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities have been erased, forgotten or replaced by fundamentalist ideologies. This research set out to determine how religious fundamentalists groups fund, impose narratives, promote mainstream ideas of exclusion and project a single, Western standard of behaviour on society. Through a historical analysis, we also sought to ascertain and affirm the existence of diverse sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions (SOGIE) in pre-colonial Nigeria.