In Our Own Voices

International Day of the Girl 2020

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Some years ago, this would not have meant much. If you mentioned the term #mentalhealth in Nigeria, people thought you meant “madness”. Some still do. It was during my PhD research study* that I realised the severity of mental health issues faced by young people and, even worse, the continued lack of discourse around it. Mental health [noun] – a person’s condition with regard...

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