A discursive attempt toward the political economy of homophobia in Nigeria.

This article is a discursive attempt to contextualize Nigeria's anti-gay law (Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, SSMPA) at the heart of the country's political economy and thus argues that the SSMPA is a calculated and targeted political move implemented in the face of both national and global events for the purposes of preserving the country's sovereignty and securing political interests. This work examines how neoliberalism—both ideology and practice—as a governing rationality served as the backdrop for the enactment and legitimization of the SSMPA in Nigeria. Conclusively, this article proposes queer coalitions, an active government, and pan-Africanism as necessary cultural, social, and economic interventions for the emancipation of Africans, particularly queer Africans, from the whims of neocolonial actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]