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CRUSHED HIBISCUS by Phidelia Imiegha
Something to begin your weekend with guys. This short story by Phidelia. I thought it was sad and beautiful at the same time. Your earliest memory is of a rainy day in your father’s old house, with your father yelling loudly at you, almost as loud as the sound of the heavy rain outside. You…
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ON RAPE CULTURE, BILL COSBY AND YOUR NEIGHBOUR UNCLE
So I stumbled on this piece that Teju Cole did for the New Inquiry in reaction to the ongoing Bill Cosby rape issue. I recently wrote about how rape victims remain victims and the perpetrators are hardly spoken about just because popular culture has made it so. How long will rapists be given a free…
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MY SEXUALITY AND ME
This article was an assignment at Chimamanda’s Creative Writing Workshop I attended in June. I have tweaked it very slightly for my blog. The original now belongs in the memory and laptop of Chimamanda and my other classmates sorry. LoL ENJOY!!! This is totally out of my comfort zone. Writing about sexuality. Please me I’m…
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USELESSNESS; Of Women and Men
When I first moved to Takoradi, in Ghana’s western region, the first profiling I got from neighbours had subtle hints of she’s just like all those useless girls. Takoradi is like Nigeria’s Port Harcourt. The oyel city. So it is not uncommon to see black girls following oyinbo, the expatriates who live there doing drilling,…
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I WAS DEPRESSED AND DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT.
It is very ok to not be happy all the time. I hear people say they wake up every morning with a conscious effort to be happy no matter what. While this is somewhat commendable, I do not associate with that league. I think if you have to make a conscious effort to be happy,…
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