As a young black missionary priest from the Southern Hemisphere Residing and working in this extensive and beautiful northern biosphere I am on a regular basis confronted by series of new and diverse challenges And the more I face those challenges…
Il existe une magnifique ville au Nord du Québec appelée Schefferville Où l’hiver comme l’oiseau de mauvais augure réclame toujours la tempête Et le printemps, comme les épinettes noires, vénère la déesse de neige Et quand vient l’été, ce qui est…
In the days of our grand parents, no girl cared which man she married As long as the dude really came, enough palm wine and Kola carried At that time, not knowing the husband-to-be was not for them a setback Even…
Voilà le cinquième hiver de mon joyeux séjour au parallèle 55 de ce beau pays de neige Désormais je peux vous dire évidemment que j’aime, en principe, le froid du Québec Mais surtout pas quand il vente sérieusement comme…
Tempus fugit, une flèche sur la main d’un chasseur valeureux Et « tempus lentus est », tel un escargot chassé par un moineau Mais de quoi dire de l’expérience d’un simple trajet qui dure l’éternité ? Quand le temps, dans toute sa férocité, parait-il,…
As the debate on sexual abuse in the churches continues, I wish to join my voice to one of those silent voices rising up from Nigeria. During her intervention, in the shortly concluded summit on clergy sexual abuse, which took place…
Today’s Lagos building collapse is one collapse more than Nigerians should bear. Lagos state has been known for frequent building collapses, ranging from resident houses through churches but the collapse of a school building which took the life of many innocent…
As we continue to celebrate the International Women’s Day, I wish to look at a few facts about genre discrimination. Feminism is one of those concepts that have created a series of debates in our modern time. And though it has…
These days, it is common to see priests, bishops, religious men and women, etc., dressed in traditional attires to manifest their love and attachment to their cultures. Though it might appear new to a Church who has for ages privileged a…
Have you been to the RTC (Rivers Transport Company Ltd) park in Port Harcourt? If you have not yet been there then you are missing a rare sight in Nigerian Motor Park History. One can literarily eat from the ground in…
