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Feb 28, 2007
Quickie Link: The way I am: Interview with Bisi Alimi
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By vanrozenheim
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(Nigeria) - Coming out of the closet in Nigerian society, is not for the faint-hearted; it's not even for the publicity-seeking. But in October 2004, Bisi Alimi - in a first - calmly revealed his homosexuality on live television. He did so on New Dawn, a popular talk show on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in an atmosphere of transparent hostility. I had to understand what drove his need to come out. And the day after the television appearance, I sat the young graduate down and asked all the hard questions agitating the minds of millions. And remarkably, Bisi Alimi didn't flinch.
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