LLB (Lagos), LLM (UP), LLD (UP)

Programme Associate, SOGIESC Unit

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 3151
ayodele.sogunro@up.ac.za

Expertise

International human rights law; sexual minorities rights law; sexual and reproductive rights law; business and human rights; legal drafting; creative writing; policy analysis and research; strategic litigation

Social Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayosogunro
https://twitter.com/ayosogunro

Academic Publications

• A Sogunro, ‘Citizenship in the shadows: Insights on queer advocacy in Nigeria' (2018) 45 College Literature 632 http://doi.org/10.1353/lit.2018.0037
• ‘One more nation bound in freedom: Themes from the Nigerian “anti-gay law”' (2014) 114 Transition 48 https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/550586

General Publications

• ‘Compendium of laws discriminating against persons based on SOGIE in Nigeria' (TIERS, 2017)
• Everything in Nigeria is going to Kill You (2014) ISBN 978-9-789-43268-4 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9789432682/
• The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales (2013) ISBN 978-9-789-34076-7 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9789340761/
• Death in the Dawn (2013) ISBN 978-1-482-08198-5 https://www.amazon.com/Death-Dawn-Tragicomedy-Ayo-Sogunro/dp/1482081989/
• Cracks in the Ivory Tower (2004) ISBN 978-2-94333-9

Selected Media Articles

African Arguments

• A Sogunro, Don’t just vote. Mobilise. (Aka Why elections won’t change Nigeria) (29 January 2019) https://africanarguments.org/2019/01/29/nigeria-vote-mobilise-elections-wont-change/
• A Sogunro, Why whistle-blowing won’t save Nigeria (4 May 2017) https://africanarguments.org/2017/05/04/whistle-blowing-wont-save-nigeria/

The Guardian (Nigeria)

• A Sogunro, 'The Nigerian culture that Runsewe does not know', The Guardian (30 August 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/the-nigerian-culture-that-runsewe-does-not-know/
• A Sogunro, 'Why we must not be fearful of equal rights', The Guardian (24 July 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/law/why-we-must-not-be-fearful-of-equal-rights/
• A Sogunro, Saving Nigerian lives through human rights (29 May 2019) https://guardian.ng/features/saving-nigerian-lives-through-human-rights/amp/
• A Sogunro,  'Reopening the unfortunate case of the Nigerian Police', The Guardian (24 April 2019), https://guardian.ng/features/reopening-the-unfortunate-case-of-the-nigerian-police/
• A Sogunro,  'Homophobic rhetoric and Nigeria’s culture of violence', The Guardian (27 March 2019), https://guardian.ng/features/homophobic-rhetoric-and-nigerias-culture-of-violence/
• A Sogunro, Class consciousness and the Nigerian condition (30 May 2018) https://guardian.ng/politics/class-consciousness-and-the-nigerian-condition/amp/
• A Sogunro, A lesson on sexism, for Nigerian men (25 April 2018) https://guardian.ng/features/a-lesson-on-sexism-for-nigerian-men/amp/

Sunday Punch (Nigeria)

• A Sogunro The moratorium on migration, Sunday Punch (15 January 2017), https://punchng.com/the-moratorium-on-migration/
• A Sogunro, We’re still wrong about rights, Sunday Punch (18 December 2016), https://punchng.com/still-wrong-rights/
• A Sogunro, On gender equality and ignorance of high places (21 February 2016), https://punchng.com/on-gender-equality-and-ignorance-of-high-places/

Videos

• Power and the People: A call for constitutional transformation, TVC News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2aDTV-rrA
• Human rights, sexuality and the law, TIERs Nigeria, https://youtu.be/9F6wBAZ_I34
• Nigeria Is Not A Democracy But An Anocracy - Ayo Sogunro, Sahara Reporters, https://youtu.be/Z-ZfChVU0jM
• Untold Facts S1 E2 - Damage caused by discriminatory laws, TIERs Nigeria, https://youtu.be/N1y0ZsFSb1

Podcast

In this episode, Dr Ayodele Sogunro who has completed his doctoral studies at the Centre for Human Rights, walks us through the academic journey of attaining his PhD with the Centre for Human Rights. His PhD thesis is titled ‘Advocacy, Social Control and the criminalisation of same-sex relationships: The Evolution and enforcement of ‘anti-gay laws in Nigeria’. His research focuses on a critical legal studies perspective of LGBTIQ+ issues in Nigeria, around political homophobia, socio-economic issues, and the need by advocates to understand wider state dynamics of homophobia and transphobia in systems of power.