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The answer is simple enough: resist, rebel and revolt! Nigeria is facing one of its most significant uprisings in history, greater than Moremi’s infiltration, greater than Jaja of Opobo’s actions and it would be an insult to minimize this struggle by refusing to write on it. Inspiration hits you in different ways, but it refused […]
In secondary school, we thought mental illness was a disease of white people. When we heard of some person committing suicide abroad, we would say ‘white people are so stupid’, or ‘Nigerians would never want to kill themselves, are they white?” Then we would fall into obnoxious belts of laughter. In my head, white people […]
And assertive and commands the room. Just your everyday boss bitch. However, society has created two boxes, labelled male and female. The former filled with strength, leadership, macho traits while the latter is graceful, empathetic, sensitive. This is the positive side of these boxes. At the corner of the male box is egotistical, boastful, aggressive […]
Well, it’s just a preference, isn’t it? I mean, there’s nothing wrong in not finding a race attractive. …Honey, who lied to you? Your ‘racial preference’ is built on stereotypes, but you haven’t realised it. Have you ever asked yourself why you don’t date this race? Why they seem so unattractive to you based on […]
That’s because I’m the darkest. In fact, I’m the darkest in my family. My mum and older sister are lovely light skin, almost yellow. My little sister and brother are a gorgeous shade of milk chocolate. My dad as well has smooth brown skin. Then there’s me; I’m saddled with dark skin that Nigerians like […]
We live in a world where assimilation is equal to survival. To be someone, you must be like everyone. However, everyone refers to the majority group, the white people. How is one to assimilate to the white culture when one is not white. Therefore, you are already at a disadvantage because failure to adopt this […]
The hit song ‘WAP’ is controversial as it threatens the natural order of music. The norm of the music industry is male artists selling record that are enveloped in female privates, sex and dominating women. A famous example is The Weeknds ‘or nah’ featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ty dollar $ign. Its lyrics sing: ‘can you […]
It’s one of the hardest things to recognise, privilege. A veil that shadows your vision. It keeps you in Lala land, unable to acknowledge the suffering of those who don’t carry the same opportunity. It breeds ignorance so deep-rooted; it can’t be broken unless you see the suffering people without your privilege endure. Even with […]
