She keeps the continent together, Even as it threatens to crumble. The men are weak, The children are helpless, Thank God she is there. She is strong and sharp for us. She scrapes like an animal, Just to make sure we have. And, she is the last to have. I want to use this opportunity To thank her. Without her, Our continent would be worse; And that is really something! Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe – From her book of poems – A Little Understanding Poems from the End of Childhood to the Beginning of Adulthood xosotin chelseathông tin…
Author: Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe
As Pride Magazine Nigeria launches the #FromtheShadows campaign to encourage women to rise to their full potentials and not fade into the background, I thought it apt, as the Editor of the magazine and as a woman, to take a minute or two away from punctuations and spellings to give my two cents. Emerging from the shadows entails having a seat at the table to make demands, offer solutions, make decisions, and be completely and intricately involved in the making of a better society. It begins by challenging and calling out the status quo that undermines the creativity and ability…
It’s as though We are becoming ashamed of who we are. We are rejecting how our creator made us. We are calling the ways of our ancestors’ wrong, And we are dropping meaninglessly all we have learnt. Were we forced into it? Did we not resist the force? It is leading us into confusion, Prepared for what we do not know. Our children? Who will our children be? From her book of poems – A Little Understanding Poems from the End of Childhood to the Beginning of Adulthood xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá…
I was a child. I vowed to remain a child. I dreaded the fact that I had to be an adult. Adults take life too seriously and make it so complicated. They do not play, and laugh, even sleep like children. But, I had to be an adult, and I dreaded it. As I grew in height and weight, I forced myself not to grow out of my child-like ways. The world had other ideas, It took me to several places, and It knocked me hard on the floor; Scrubbing me in pain to erode my innocence. Did I survive?…