Pope says anti-migrant policy is “madness”!

Photo credit: Britannica The global head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has described the anti-migrant attitudes in the United States “madness.” AFP reports that the Pope criticized right-wing US Catholic figures for overly conservative stances against his social teaching.  He described the closure by the State of Texas of a Catholic charity offering humanitarian…

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In This Age? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: CNN Unbelievable’s happening;Instead of buildingGlobal perpetuity;We’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History?Even if he gains victory;With environmental degradation;Arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination;Resulting from destruction;Of obliterated villages and cities;By modernized savages! All is now set;For uninhabited planets;Solid city walls;Must take falls! Thought human lives sacrosanct;Not before unpleasant;Imbecilic savages;Who…

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Na wah o! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Tour Nigeria Abeokuta is an interesting place to live in. Almost everyone knows whom you are. If not directly, then by extension. But for me, I find life in Abeokuta somewhat on the dull side. People generally do not wake up until around six o’Clock in the morning. OK, people hardly get to…

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Odun Eegun! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Dubawa The average Yoruba should be wisdom personified. That’s because embedded in the tradition and culture of the Yoruba are words of wisdom and wisecracks that could serve the discerning for a lifetime. One of these is that the egungun festival will end and acolytes who had been eating like royalty will soon…

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