Nigerian women face patriarchal subjugation and intimidation both politically, economically andsocially, just like most women in all parts of Africa. But this scenario seems to be different in thesocial media landscape, where young Nigerian women are not only making waves but are callingthe shots as well. This study is aimed at critically assessing the Nigerian blogosphere in order toascertain how five female bloggers, namely Linda Ikeji, Uche Pedro, Stella Dimoko Korkus, TosinAjibade and Judith Emike Audu-Foght, have impacted positively on the lives of women. The studyreviewed relevant literature and also analysed what women-related contents each of the fivebloggers post in their various blogs. Apart from the study of the contents of the blogs, interviewswere employed in collecting relevant data from the bloggers. These two approaches helped inanswering the research questions which guided the study. The paper concludes that throughblogging, the identities of Nigerian women have been positively impacted on in various ways likein the building of portfolios, sharing of knowledge, self-expression and building of professionalnetworks. The study recommends that since the mainstream media have failed to give voices toAfrican women, it is high time women take it upon themselves and better their identities throughthe opportunities offered by the internet.
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