Opinion

When I knew I was black

Toluse: A common sentiment amongst my fellow Nigerians is this idea that they did not know they were black until they moved to a...

The Lasting Legacy of Colonial Economics.

The Lasting Legacy of Colonial Economics: How Outdated Ideologies Continue to Shape Modern Capitalism and Erode the Middle Class As the...

Not too young to run

Four years don waka but here I am in the same place. Against themselves, my thoughts still race in the region of my mind. But who I am...

How many times?

Home no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your...

CHOICES

It all started on the day you screamed in discomfort the minute your mother pushed you out into the fluorescent light of the hospital...

CHRISTIAN

I…am a Christian Descendant of God himself, I get on my knees every night and recite 10 Our Fathers but 1 Hail Mary I fight the good...

A personal inquiry into faith based religions: Can we find community in something less volatile?

*[Please note that the author speaks mainly about Christianity because this is what the author has had a personal connection to. It is...

African spirituality- Tales of our Ancestors.

“A religion that would be universal does not and cannot exist because any and every religion necessarily expresses a particular...

PART 2: THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS .

PART 1 AVAILABLE HERE PART TWO: How did we get here? Religion and suffering ‘Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of...

PART 1: THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS .

I think it’s about time we had this conversation. What happens when we treat culture as immutable? Society fails to develop; people...