Section 29 and the Personhood of the Nigerian Womanhood
Nigerian lawmakers have lobbed a curveball, and the citizens have responded by swinging in anger. Sen. Yerima, in a coup at the Senate during a routine vote on renunciation of […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Prayers For Trayvon’s Mother
Trayvon Martin’s mother lost her son and the man who killed him got away. The murder of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer brings my mind not only […]
Black Americans Undergo Cleansing From ‘Slavery Stigma’
It took a trip to Africa to change 10 lives forever. Six months after Irene Toland, Sidney Davis, Robin Almeida and Pamela Ramsay joined a group traveling to Africa, the […]
Release Her Power
She brings you into this world in a flush of blood. Divining with the gods with each forceful thrust, shrieking into the hands of the invisibles. Burdened to dim her […]
‘Wifeism’ In Nigeria
Last week, I overheard a woman pray for a baby girl and she concluded her deluge of prayers with ‘You will be great. You will be the wife of a president’. It […]
Simphiwe Dana Declares A State of Emergency
I first came across Simphiwe Dana’s music in 2011. I was living in New York at the time, Harlem to be exact. In an apartment right across from the City […]
Mandela, From Frame To Heart
Nelson Mandela smiled at me everyday when I walked by him. Softly curled lips and softly curled hair, his face beckoned me and I came to him. I’d plop myself […]
Africa Competitiveness Report 2013
Africa Competitiveness Report 2013 On a biennial basis, The Africa Competitiveness Report highlights areas requiring policy action and investment to ensure Africa lays the foundation for inclusive and sustained growth. The Africa […]
Afrocentric Confessions 