Morning After! – Adewale Sobowale

So many would have been shocked by yesterday’s message. It’s not as if I don’t have the capacity and the capability to love. Those I love can bear the testimony. But it’s as if the society is commercializing everything, even love. My point is that must I be railroaded into loving for just one day?…

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Sudan’s “war on women”

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…

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Straightjacket! – Adewale Sobowale

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…

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