Two weeks ago, I went on a vacation to visit some close friends who are married. I enjoyed every bit of my stay which as well did not go without me learning something about naming and the reason women do not use their husbands’ last names in Burundi. This conversation about naming in Burundi began […]
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50% of the beneficiaries of the ‘Fisayo Ogundoro WAEC scholarship passed the exam with distinction, 80% excel in Mathematics and English For my birthday in 2021, I organized a scholarship fund to sponsor the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exam for indigent students in two selected public schools in Ibadan. On January 21, 2021, I
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Women’s labor market participation in Africa and the West can be traced back to the impact of the second world war, feminism, and women’s emancipation movements. As a result of women’s labor market participation, families needed more time and hands to cater to childcare and eldercare since women’s tasks were no longer restricted to domestic
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I saw the words below in a JPEG format as a post on the Instagram handle of Mother Honestly (@motherhonestly). It’s time to unlearn the definition of motherhood you saw growing up. The one where a mother constantly breaks her back, without support. I loved it. I made a screenshot and shared it on my
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I thought I would easily forget Alas, here I am wondering if the protest happened The polices in their cloaks Shooting Tear-gassing Burning cars Killing Maiming The soldiers in their cloaks Shooting “blanks” At harmless young Nigerians From Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Ogbomosho, Port-Harcourt To other parts of Nigeria Security is “beefed-up” Against the enemies of
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The King of Boys movie made the Nigerian cinemas in 2018 and by 2019 it was on Netflix. The movie is coming back on Netflix on August 27, 2021, as a 7-part series and a Netflix original production and not as a Nigerian cinema production. This is an anticipated production from the Kemi Adetiba Visuals.
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. W.B Yeats, Second Coming 1920 This stanza from W.B Yeats’s 1920 poem The Second Coming begs wholesome questions. From the coronavirus pandemic wrecking unrest and deaths across the
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This is life Life, the eternal A space of memories A space of experiences Where you think all is forever Like, nothing changes This, though, some people think But for ‘some other some,’ life Ups and downs Highs or lows Good or bad Rich or poor In the end, you leave life And the end,
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Those who are not familiar with conversations within the labor market, human rights, and migration studies might perhaps not be familiar with the term “modern slavery.” Modern slavery employs force and exploitation as a means of getting people to work or perform other actions. Badmus, Oladiran, and Badmus provide an extensive definition; to them it
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Recently, I have had to dialogue on the subject of feminism with some friends. And a question that often pops up in these discussions is, “Who is the head of the home?” This is because some of the folks asking this question are of the opinion that feminism does not account for headship in the
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