On August 14th 2020, I published an article “What’s Your Tipping Point?” I don’t remember now what it was that set me off, but at the time there had been news every other day about something or the other to make you angry about the state of the country. I put my anger into words…
She is a warrior that fights battles against comparison each day, She has tears that make her laughter worth all the pain, And fears that make her moments of courage priceless. She is worthy of applause even though she does not need it, An inferno of imperfection A storm of sensitivity, And a whirlwind of…
“My Voice, Our Equal Future,” is the theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl-Child as stipulated by the United Nations and we mark October 11, 2020 as the day this year to commemorate the fearless, relentless, and yet grossly unheralded part of the human race. There are about 1.1billion girls under the age…
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” – Fred Rogers As someone who has struggled with mental health instability in the past, I have experienced, first-hand, how limiting and oppressive the culture…
The afternoon was hot and annoying; Aisha had to keep wiping the sweat off her forehead as she thwarted the flies off her face while standing under the mango tree. She was impatiently waiting in front of the medical tent at the south end of the Bakassi IDP camp (internally displaced people’s camp) in Borno:…