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 Digest by LAMLAN (@ankaradigest) on Aug 13, 2019 at 2:52am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Merveillebysassi (@merveillebysassi)…
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Laugh Quote “Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.”– Anton Chekhov You just saved my life There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour. Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him takes the drink from the guy and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, “Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I’ll buy you another drink. I just…
Ryan Schacht, University of Utah and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, University of California, Davis Popular wisdom and established evolutionary science hold that the sexes seek fundamentally different relationships: men want short-term, no-strings-attached relationships whereas women value longer-term, loyal partnerships. The explanation generally comes down to biological differences between men and women. Because women invest more in reproduction than men do – think pregnancy, morning sickness and stretchmarks – being picky becomes important because choosing poorly can be costly, even devastating. However, for men, reproduction may only entail a brief sexual liaison and a bit of sperm – there are potentially no…
Karen Wu, California State University, Los Angeles For many people, there are few things more rewarding than crossing an item off a checklist. But what if the checklist is about your dream partner? And what if the checklist is wrong? “Relationshopping” is when you hunt for the perfect partner as if people were products. Online dating, now used by almost 40 percent of Americans who are “single and looking,” might be normalizing this tendency. Often aided by search filters, potential daters seek the perfect combination of attributes rather than focusing on the experience of being with a person. Relationshopping might…
Our Woman Crush Wednesday is a popular Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeind (or Omosexy as she’s popularly called). She is a leading Nollywood actress who has appeared in over 200 movies. In addition to her on-screen success, she has received numerous high-profile awards, launched a music career, and amassed an enviable fan base. The proud mother of four has also been applauded for her remarkable humanitarian efforts and has successfully become the most-watched actress in Africa. Appearing on the TIME 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013, she has used her undeniable influence to speak out against bad…
My Dear Daughter, As you go through life, you may find yourself working at a job you can’t stand. You may want to quit, but are afraid you’ll attract more of the same. My dear, we only have one life to live so do not waste it stuck in a situation you don’t like. However, while you are actively on the lookout for a better position, the best way to handle the position you find yourself in is to focus on all the positives you can. If you can find something to appreciate, even if it’s appreciating a regular paycheck,…
Pathik Pathak, University of Southampton If you were thinking that a librarian’s life was the one for you, you might want to think again. Secretaries and personal assistants, I’d look over your shoulder too. The robots are coming for your job. According to a recent report from consultancy firm Deloitte, these are among a number of occupations categorised as being at high risk of automation. According to an estimate in the Deloitte report, such jobs – which also include manufacturing – are on a collision course with obsolescence. In the UK, 10.8m jobs – or a third of the adult…
I scream to my wings, bud. Out of passivity that kept you tied down in coma. Out of your fallow expedition. Of the sedentary relax. Of the hollow whose superstructures are hard to climb. Build your body and bud. Out of the cemetery of your dead, and grow. I scream to my wings, flap in consistency and fly. In rapidity. In rain. From torpidity. With tenacity. Beleaguer your crawling days with fascinating skills in flight. Fly away from the land. For your core has grown. You are meant to fly. I scream to my wings, soar. With…
Holy Humour Bible Study Richard, my friend’s little grandson came home from Sunday School and I asked him what they had studied. His reply was, ‘Nothing.’ So I asked him, ‘Didn’t you study Jesus?’ Richard’s reply was, ‘No, he wasn’t even there.’ Sunday Quote With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. – Steven Weinberg Sunday Joke Landlord A large, well-built man visited the vicarage and asked to see the vicar’s wife, who was well known for her charity.…
Reading 1 Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and yet to another who has not labored over it, he must leave property. This also is vanity and a great misfortune. For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun? All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation; even at night his mind is not at rest. This also is vanity. Reading 2 Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Brothers…