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Jun 7

Exodus…

“You will not suffer my feet to be moved. I carry your presence everywhere. Who am I that your mind is so full of me?” — Noella The year is 2016. It is 2 am sometime in early January and my phone rings. I am angry that someone should disturb…

Medschool

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Exodus…
Exodus…

Jan 26, 2020

This Thing Called Life…

Yesterday, I had lunch with a friend very dear to my heart. As I sat and listened to this friend of mine who is a doctor share some of his life goals and ambitions with me, I was pleasantly amused at this thing called life. Here we were having lunch…

Life Lessons

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This Thing Called Life…
This Thing Called Life…

Sep 11, 2018

True Women Liberation Cannot Coexist With Organized Religion

Organized religion also known as institutional religion, is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established. Organized religion is typically characterized by an official doctrine (or dogma), a hierarchical or bureaucratic leadership structure, and a codification of rules and practices. This can be seen in…

Feminism

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True Women Liberation Cannot Coexist With Organized Religion
True Women Liberation Cannot Coexist With Organized Religion

Jan 8, 2017

A December To Remember

I saw him. I saw him gather his peeling skin or what was left of it from the ground as he ran for his life with so much difficulty. I saw the pain in his eyes, and somehow I felt it. I felt a huge lump in my throat as…

Nonfiction

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Jul 29, 2016

Why Should I Volunteer?

Two years ago, Babs graduated from the University of Lagos, department of Microbiology, at the age of 22. Finishing with a second class upper degree of 4.48, he was sure that the jobs would definitely not be far from him. Two years down the line, he is still job hunting…

Volunteering

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Why Should I Volunteer?
Why Should I Volunteer?

Mar 3, 2016

Black And Proud

Black And Proud …by Blessing Iyamadiken I had just woken up one morning and I decided to check my social media platforms so as to get updated with happenings around me and also read a couple of online newspapers, when I stumbled on a tweet which read “I don’t even…

Black Women

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Black And Proud
Black And Proud
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