Mar 20, 2021May God Save Us All.Our country, as we knew it, was gone forever; a storm was brewing in the hearts of the youths, and it was up to the faithful to stop them before we lost everything, the Imam boomed from Bello’s radio. ‘Don Allah, reduce this volume.’ I asked as I scanned the…Fiction3 min read
Mar 20, 2021Tomorrow Has ComeAfter the Mani River is Norrow Town. One might not notice the shy community clothed by the giant palm trees, hidden behind the proud fronds, sheltered from the world. Long ago, when years were days and oceans were tiny droplets, seven women and their households pitched their tents at the…Fiction2 min read
Mar 29, 2020F for Feminism Episode 4 Pt. 2 (T-Z)How to become a twitter feminist 101: Get yourself featured on Instablog ASAP — Toxic Masculinity: Do you remember when Gillette released an ad telling men that they needed to do better and misogynists ran mad? Did I not tell you the quickest way to rile up a misogynist was to call him one? Didn’t I say it? We can liken masculinity vs toxic…6 min read
Mar 23, 2020Atonement To My Spiritto the one I denied. — And so, I forgive myself for Allowing the pain to get in For the days of overwhelming sadness I beg for mercy For believing them over her for silencing my inner soul I will lay sacrifices At her shrine Atoning for 10 years of blasphemy I will spend an hour for every year Day after day Hoping that we will reconcile That is who I owe my forgiveness to To my broken self, never to you. Before I swallow my pain, The only one worthy of My worship is me.Poetry1 min read
Mar 18, 2020F for Feminism: Episode 4 Pt. 1 (P-T)Everything you need to know about the patriarchy, pickmes and privilege. — P Patriarchy: In this article by Harvard scholar Garikai Chengu, he talks about a time in Africa before the patriarchy. “The world’s first civilisations arose from the spiritual, economic and social efforts of African women and African women, in turn, went on to lead those matriarchal societies…The rituals and culture…Feminism8 min read
Mar 15, 2020Mileva Maric: The Forgotten EinsteinA tale of love, betrayal, and physics. — One of the most famous men that ever lived is Albert Einstein. However, not many people know that he had a wife, much less a very intelligent one. Mileva Maric Einstein has been cheated by history. The few people who had heard of her considered her to be nothing more…Feminism4 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Nov 15, 2019The Jezebel StickerA black woman’s life of default sin — The term “misogynoir” was coined by Moya Bailey to demonstrate the double discrimination faced by black women. The world has always been grouped according to minority and majority. The majority and more powerful groups being the Caucasian race, and the male gender. The minority and less powerful group being the…Black Women5 min read
Oct 4, 2019Remembrancewho do you think you are? this half hazard torn haggard broken battered lost what do you mean by this dearth of your soul? with what audacity do you shatter and fall? you are a warrior a product of the tears of your mothers here and gone1 min read
Sep 24, 2019Nok Figureshow fragile you are with your terracotta smile riddled with cracks from the men who have failed you. Your smile breaks every time you widen it to please the next man and the next and the next I love you, but I must leave you. for your chains are growing on my legs like bitter leaf vines holding me captive in your same prison and I am afraid that if I stay, I, too, may lose my way.1 min read
Sep 17, 2019DestinyAnd even there is no strength left in you, use your mother’s arms stand on your father’s back shield yourself with the chests of those before you. you may stumble, but you must rise do not put your ancestors to shame.1 min read
