This is a list of four books that made me reflect about what it means to be a human being, to choose good over bad, to look for the truth. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, published in 1866 In his novel, Dostoevsky is trying to find an answer to the following question: God is dead, … More God is dead. So now, what?
Weekend is on the corner. One more day to go and we will be free at last! You can be passionate about your work, but still, it can be draining, especially, here, in Lagos. But yet, we like living in the pulsating heart of this wild town. Further more, when she stops being so guarded and reveals … More The other side of Lagos
As everybody knows, what best embodies Lagos, is its traffic. I am late because I was stuck in traffic, is like the best excuse ever here, because it is most likely to be true! So living in Surulere, when I have an appointment on the Island, I always plan to leave my house between one hour … More The day I almost arrived early to an appointment in Lagos
Of course I don’t have a ready-made answer to this daunting question that, since time immemorial, philosophy, science and religion are trying to answer to! However, everybody recognizes that the path of life is not an easy one and that pain is a large part of the experience. I like this quote from an unknown … More What is the meaning of life?
This is the kind of questions that people like to play with. And of course there is no good answer to it! How can you declare that you prefer one beloved person to the other? However, this question came up as I was discussing with high school level students and the majority of them … More Would you rather save your child or your mother?
Sorry for this post! I thought I was done speaking about hair, but I couldn’t resist bringing this new controversy to you: apparently, some African American people deem unacceptable what they call the appropriation of “Afro” hairstyle by white folks. We all have seen Selma (hmmmmm… I haven’t!) and we know the horrific hardship black people … More Allure Teaching White Women How To Get An Afro
I was scrolling down my contacts and I noticed that I have more than ten names starting with mechanic, as this is how I store those professionals on my phone. I have to deal with so many of them, that there is no point registering them by name or surname first, as I will not … More Mechanic, plumber, electrician… what is wrong with them?
When I heard about migrants again this July on the news, I didn’t pay much attention to it at first, because every summer, journalists will come up with a favourite subject that they will toy with like a dog with a bone, until exhaustion. Last year, it was Lampedusa, Italy, which was in the limelight … More On migrants again
A little migrant African girl behind barbed wire near Calais, France? So, this is what it looks like to be a human being in this Twenty First century? Erecting walls everywhere against your fellow human brothers? What is this world we are living in? You cannot “welcome all the misery in the world”? But, you can start … More What is this?
Yesterday I talked about one of the aspect of married life I don’t like and that is the unfair repartition of domestic tasks. There are several other sides of marriage that can make it unbearable and lead to divorce. But apart from domestic violence and sexual abuse, I don’t think there is any ground for … More Why I don’t believe in divorce
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