This chapter provides a background on gender inequality in Nigeria, exploring the historical positioning of women from the pre-colonial era to the present day. This discussion helps to understand the socio-economic and political roots of gender inequality in Nigeria. The chapter also presents the theories and concepts that underpin the study’s analysis. I draw on the key issues in African feminist thought, such as culture and tradition, socio-economic marginalisation, race, patriarchy, and sexuality that define where gender inequality is located in Africa. I further discuss Nancy Fraser’s theory of redistribution, recognition, and representation and how these concepts help to understand discourses on material resource distribution, cultural change, and political representation. While Fraser’s work on representation focuses on the politics of belonging as it concerns the participation of actors in gender discourses, I consider theoretical contributions within the field of social psychology and cultural studies, such as Moscovici and Hall on (social) representation. Moscovici’s work highlights the consequences of representations on the social order while Hall digs further into the tensions created by social representations exemplified by forms of individual and collective resistance. By connecting analytical perspectives on representation from feminist studies, social psychology, and cultural studies, I provide a holistic assessment of representation as it relates to Nigerian female blogging—one that encompasses participatory and discursive dimensions.