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Habeeb Akande

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Religion & Spirituality, History, Romance

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Habeeb Akande is a British-Nigerian sex expert, historian and erotologist. He is a bestselling author of seven published books on sexual pleasure and African history.

His main research interest include erotology. and female pleasure in Islam and African cultures. As a public speaker, sexologist, and cross-cultural sex educator, Habeeb carries out workshops on the clitoris, kunyaza, and female ejaculation at international conferences and leading universities. He featured in the BBC documentary, The Orgasm Gap (2020), which explored teaching female pleasure in Rwanda and the UK.

BBC described him as the "man who is finding ways to close the gender pleasure gap outside of the classroom."

He is also a chartered accountant by profession and former ...more

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	Kunyaza: The Secret to Female Pleasure 3.84 avg rating — 129 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Honey: Sexuality and Erotology in Islam 3.94 avg rating — 84 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminating the Darkness: Blacks and North Africans in Islam by Habeeb Akande (Goodreads Author), Abdassamad Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Desire: A Guide to Passionate Love and Sexual Compatibility 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminating the Performance: African and Arab Erotology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminating the Difference: Black, White, and Brown Women 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminating the Blackness: Blacks and African Muslims in Brazil 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Honey: Sexuality and Erotology in Islam by Habeeb Akande (2015-08-12) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminating the Performance: African and Arab Erotology by Habeeb Akande (2015-05-01) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour
True friends are like stars, you don't always see them but they are always there.”
― Habeeb Akande

tags: fake-friends, friends

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“The more you overthink the less you will understand.”
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tags: overthinking, understand, women, worrying

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“I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be.”
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tags: appreciate, god, gratitude, inspirational, life, motivational, perspective, thankfulness

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“Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.”
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“Indeed His blessings are in the struggle.”
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tags: determination, god, hope, inspirational, motivational, preservation, sprituality

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“If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way.”
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tags: ambition, inspirational, motivational, self-improvement, success

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“If a man wants his dreams to come true he must wake up.”
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“Whoever is trying to bring you down is already beneath you.”
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SA Book & Challenge Lovers — 1917 members — last activity Nov 17, 2025 09:03AM
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Traditional Islam — 3 members — last activity Oct 25, 2010 07:55AM
The traditional Islamic education may seem that it has gotten lost in all the weeds. This group is dedicated to sharing books that preserve the tradit ...more

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A group for Nigerian literature, African folk tales and legends, and a couple of other things Nigeria/Africa related.

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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

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AFrican American Books A to Z.. 2012 book Challenge — 30 members — last activity Dec 11, 2011 05:20PM
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message 1: by H.L.

Feb 06, 2014 06:11AM

Habeeb, thank you for your fantastic quote that I found on Goodreads. I used it in my daily postings: Facebook: Credere and Share. Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/credereandshare

Thanks again for that wisdom, and I hope you have a fantastic day! Sincerely, Hermy Balcomb

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