May 24, 2022Member-onlyFacial Markings Alive and Well Among Millennials and Generation ZWhen my choice-brother, who knew about my ongoing research on children’s scarification in Africa, sent through Nduka Orjinmo’s BBC Article, I read it with great excitement. I quickly appreciated the empirical style used in curating the stories and images of scarification bearers featured but noticed two gaping pieces of misinformation. …Abiku3 min readAbiku3 min read
May 10, 2022Member-onlyNormalising mental health needs in Nigeria: A wake-up callWhen researching the African feminists healing praxis for the African Women’s Development Fund’s (AWDF) Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Knowledge Series in 2021, I stumbled upon a shocking discovery. The federal government of Nigeria has almost entirely neglected mental healthcare throughout its 61 years of independence. There has never been…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Apr 12, 2022Member-onlyReflections on Domestic Abuse and Other Forms of ViolenceRecently, a Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu died from injuries sustained from domestic abuse by her husband. The Internet of course, was filled with uninformed opinions as stories emerged that the church, society and religion enabled her death. May be I should say something about how we, humans tend to…Domestic Abuse3 min readDomestic Abuse3 min read
Jun 10, 2021Member-onlySTORYING HOW MY WEEK HAS BEENI have barely got any work done this week because I got myself entrapped in unproductive debates over the state of Nigeria. For four straight days, on a WhatsApp group, with people I thought ‘should know better’ as we are (or so I think) committed to some core transformational values…Inner Peace2 min readInner Peace2 min read
Oct 25, 2020Member-only#ENDSARS LET’S HEALThe weight of the past two weeks lies heavy on our hearts and minds… and its toll has registered in our bodies.Endsars1 min readEndsars1 min readiAfrika image created by Dupe Kuku#ENDSARS LET’S HEAL----
Oct 1, 2020Member-onlyTHE MYSTERIOUS KNOCK AT MIDNIGHTThere I was engrossed in How to Get Away With Murder season 5. The lappy and the portable wireless speaker were on the bed next to a dark breezy window beaming voices. It was pitch dark outside and the window was close to the security fence. I briefly looked outside…Short Story1 min readShort Story1 min read
Aug 12, 2020Member-onlyCOVID-19’s FAST-PACED DIS/INFORMATION AND LOSING OUR MINDSThe amplifications of voices from all over the world have been made more ubiquitous since the declaration of COVID-19 a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). …Healthy Living4 min readHealthy Living4 min read
Dec 28, 2019Member-onlyThe Man in My DreamThere he was. Just the way I had dreamt him many many nights in a row. Head shaped like Obama’s. Body built like Trevor Noah’s. His eyes, a perfect replica of Michael Early; a talking drum of sensual fire. His skin a perfect blend of black onyx. The glitters in…Fiction4 min readFiction4 min read
Dec 8, 2019Member-onlyLet’s Talk MinimalismI became a full-fledged minimalist in 2016 when I was leaving South Africa for Kenya to conduct my research. I gave away all the housing items that I would not be carrying with me, thus, four bags got reduced to two, then to one and a half by 2018. I…Minimalism2 min readMinimalism2 min read
Dec 4, 2019Member-onlyWHEN A BIODANZA GURU GRACES A SPOTLIGHT CONVERSATIONWhen I spotted her among the sea of heads, doing the pilgrimage around the MāeAfricaOrg ‘Scarred’ Exhibition, she was wearing a magical smile. So elated was I at the sighting of the one and only magnificent Caroline Churba-Doyle that I grinned from ear to ear. When Caroline came to dinner…South Africa2 min readSouth Africa2 min read
