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…
Nigeria is very rich in churches and prayer houses. We have different categories from mushroom churches to internationally acclaimed architectural structures worth of billions of Nigerian Naira. The diversity of these churches leaves no careful observer indifferent. Each person might surely…
Ceci est l’histoire d’une ville de la Côte-Nord. Les gens l’appellent la terre rouge, mais avec ses sept mois d’hiver, il serait mieux de l’appeler la terre blanche. C’est un lieu qu’on croit, à tort, bâti par deux peuples — un,…
Recently, a friend made a Facebook post that links our – African in general and Nigerian in particular – crave for extravagant religious manifestations to our world-view. And though I have always believed that every religious view is informed by the sociocultural background of the…
Are you the King of the Jews? Asked the exasperated Pilate to Jesus For in his appearance was nothing of royalty And so deserved no time of the romain officer Is that your own idea or that of my compatriots Asked…
“Je voudrais que la mort de mon père serve d’exemple pour tous, je voudrais pouvoir éradiquer l’alcool, la drogue, surtout le speed. Faites de la prévention autour de vous, parlez-en à vos proches, vos enfants, à toutes les personnes que vous…
Maria Fearing naquit en esclavage dans une plantation de Gainesville, Alabama, en 1838. Ses parents Jesse et Mary Fearing étaient tous deux esclaves de M. Overton Winston de Gainesville. À son adolescence, Maria a été choisie pour servir sa maîtresse, Mme Amanda Overton.…
J’étais assis, avec mon antenne relevée comme pour capter les ondes de Radio Canada, dans un beau coin de ce siège d’enseignement de Sept-Îles. Certains diront même que j’étais assis plus comme on le fait pour capter le réseau cellulaire dans…
