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 if the man was old, ignorant and even had a serious hunch back Because for them marriage was nothing but the only better way forward And girls from their childhood were…
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 never been absent in our global society, it has taken a very important dimension since last few decades. Many have seen it as a countercultural crusade while others, have seen it…
The Igbo people of the Southeastern part of the Country called Niger-Area (Nigeria) by the British were once resilient and proud people. They believed in honour and good names. They were never known for giving-in to comfort and surviving for survival’s sake. Not only that, but they held firmly on their dignity and good name. They preferred dying to live under the guise of lies and slavery. History cannot forget the tale…
Man is a project, says Zarathustra, For he is something to overcome. But I am a dilemma, For an embodiment of contradictions, I am. Though Pauline in soul I might be, My spirit is an ardent lover of Nietzsche. Docile like a dove, But as rebellious as a quetzal. And even when I can love like a dove, I prefer, like an eagle, to float in the air in complete liberty. And,…
You were told in the book of the ages that thou (women) should keep silent because thou aren’t permitted to speak in the assemblies, but ought to be in submission. And that if there is anything thou desire to learn, thou should ask thy husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in the assemblies. But I say to thee, never thou keep silent, not even in the…
Do not suppose that I have come to flatter the ego of your preachers. I did not come to promote their trade but to ask you to question their words. I have come to turn the acolytes against the deacons, the Christian mothers against the elders, the choristers against the choirmaster, and the ushers against the general overseers. For the hour has come when the enemies of the pastors and parish priests…
