Photo credit: UN Women This article contains references to rape and sexual assault Women and girls are bearing the brunt of Sudan’s nearly three-year-old civil war, facing widespread gender-based violence, displacement and deepening hunger as the conflict continues. SBS News reports that Mariam (not her real name), an 18-year-old, has had her life forever changed…
We can’t ever fightOnce love is tight.Got my matrix,From your cities.Love you to stuporFor crimes that pourOut of your navelWhich is a Babel!Commit capital crime,Simple matter of bribe.Now you’re piss poor,Palmier you were before.You whiff like ganja,Crave you more, Naija! @as 021418
Photo credit: BBC A very long time ago, when eyes were still on the knees, there was a great famine which affected all animals. The famine was such that animals couldn’t get food to eat. They then called a meeting to discuss the famine. At the end of the day, they decided to kill their…
I beg to be different! Yeah!! As far as being straightjacketed is concerned, I’m just too old to change! I’ll not be caught, except when necessary, doing aso ebi, uniform, for social functions. I certainly won’t be caught going to church only on Christmas day. I have stopped going to church only on New Year’s…
Photo credit: Daily Post The so-called celebration of love is manifesting itself in various ways in Nigeria. I’ll keep on saying it that the European experience just can’t be summarily imposed on Africans. Not because Africans are less human, but because cultures tend to differ from place to place. When we call our traditional rulers…
Some people might not know I’ve given up on Buhari. Why shouldn’t I? Ore kinni’pa se fun’di? A kuku’joye san j’enu mi o ka’lu lo! I believe he’s either being wicked or he’s not aware of the situation of things in the country he’s failed to rule well. I don’t want to say he’s already…
I protest conventionRefuse to be prisonedBy societal idealsNot necessarily ideal! Believing more than ChristAt Christmas!Giving to the poorShould be everyday! At turn of new yearTurn I a new leafFor few minutesThen resumeMy old waysWhich is always! Society has set dateFor Christ’s deathAfter EasterOne can withdrawFor a yearCommitting all crimes! On Valentine’sWe’ll findLost loveTurn to lustVery…
