Holy Humour Windmill At his first service, the new preacher had a pitcher of water and a glass on the pulpit. As he preached, he drank until the pitcher was completely empty. On the way out, someone asked the elder matriarch what she thought of the new pastor. “He’s great,” she said with a smile. “But he’s the first windmill I ever saw that ran on water.” Sunday Quote Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man … living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a…
Author: Pride Team
Reading 1 Is 40:1-11 Comfort; give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; Indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God! Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low; The rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley. Then the…
Ruth Byrne, Trinity College Dublin and Kinga Morsanyi, Queen’s University Belfast Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has made headlines not just for her passionate climate activism, but because she is outspoken about having autism. However, her treatment by some members of the media – even being called “mentally ill” – shows that many harmful myths about autism still persist, despite increased awareness. About one in every 60 people has autism. Although each person is unique, people with autism share some common characteristics. These include difficulty with social interactions, repetitive behaviour and restricted interests, such as repeatedly lining toys up in…
Villyen Motaze, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Melinda Suchard, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Great strides have been made in the global effort to eradicate polio. Reported cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% from an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to 33 in 2018. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It’s spread mainly through food and water that are contaminated with faecal matter. The goals to eradicate polio by 2000, then 2018, were both missed. There are…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Zone (@ankarazone) on Nov 28, 2019 at 3:11pm PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Zone (@ankarazone) on…
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlotte Kamale (@charliekamale) on Nov 12, 2019 at 5:15am PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlotte Kamale (@charliekamale) on Sep 19, 2019 at 10:55am PDT View this post on Instagram Press day mood for my new @maisonvalentino fragrance #borninroma ?? A post shared by Adut Akech Bior (@adutakech) on Oct 25, 2019 at 11:07am PDT View this post on Instagram…
Michael Flood, Queensland University of Technology Men who adhere to rigid, sexist stereotypes of how to be a man are more likely to use and tolerate violence against women. On the other hand, men with more flexible, gender-equitable ideas about manhood are more likely to treat women with respect. And promoting healthy, more flexible models of masculinity is an important way to end domestic and sexual violence. While they may be familiar, these ideas have been backed up by a new report from domestic violence not-for-profit Our Watch, which reviewed Australian and international research on masculinity, citing 374 sources. Most…
George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire Africa buried two of its journalists in 2018. One was killed in Somalia and the other in the Central African Republic. According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54 journalists were killed around the world in that same year. And in January Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, a Ghanaian investigative reporter, became the first African journalist to lose his life in 2019. He was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. Divela was part of a team of journalists – including the well-known undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw…
Months ago, I watched a recommended video by a Nigerian YouTuber. The headline read, “I Was Diagnosed with Manic Depression”. I clicked quite fast because I had already begun my journey to understanding and hopefully dissecting the current plague of mental disorders – having experienced my fair share. The video went into detail of how the condition was triggered by extreme mental and emotional stress which caused her to act irrationally, forcing her loved ones to send her to a psychiatric facility. Listening with empathy, her story seemed familiar. I was awakened to a buried memory from my childhood. I…
Sam Wren-Lewis, University of Nottingham Imagine two different societies. In the first, people tend to be stressed, tense, irritable, distracted and self-absorbed. In the second, people tend to be at ease, untroubled, quick to laugh, expansive and self-assured. The difference between these two imagined scenarios is vast. You’re not only more likely to be happier in the second scenario – you’re also more likely to be safer, healthier and have better relationships. The difference between a happy and an unhappy society is not trivial. We know that happiness matters beyond our desire to feel good. So how can we create…