Bibi Bakare-Yusuf is co-founder and publishing director of one of Africa’s most important publishing houses, Cassava Republic Press. She has worked as a gender and research consultant in the public, private and development sectors. She recently co-founded Tapestry Consulting, a boutique research and training company focused on gender, sexuality and transformational issues in Nigeria. Dr Bakare-Yusuf has a PhD in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Warwick. She is a Yale World Fellow and a Desmond Tutu Fellow. Cassava Republic tweets @CassavaRepublic