I Hear Voices In an episode of senile psychosis Nocturnal solo long walk barefoot I hear voices of persons most loved Conversing in loud tempo Voices loudly persistent urging to strip self-naked Unable to keep still With a mouth running like a broken faucet Uttering perpetual incoherence I hear voices Only I can hear like privy information Promoting violent outbursts Replete with biting and screaming at innocent bystanders I hear voices Overwhelmingly eroding consciousness Slipping into the abyss I cannot be found I hear voices Like a drumroll In my head loud, but clear A forceful…
Author: Pride Team
As we enter the ember months we celebrate a woman whose passion for excellence and human capacity development is infectious. This is why our Woman of the Month, September 2019 is no other than Ema Clark. Ema is a talent engagement, organisational effectiveness and leadership development consultant who gained her specialisation from London School of Economics and Political Sciences, where she studied an MSc in human resources and organisations as a Chevening scholar. She is also a UCL IOE qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages and a lawyer who graduated from the Nigerian Law School and the…
Reading 1 Dt 10:12-22 Moses said to the people: “And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his ways exactly, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was…
Derek Headey, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Harold Alderman, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Poor diets are the number one risk factor in the global burden of disease: they account for one in five deaths globally. In higher income countries sugar, fat and red meat increase the risks of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. These usually kill people later in life. Meanwhile people in lower income countries struggle to access nutrient-dense foods like fruits, vegetables, dairy, eggs, meat and fish. This puts them at risk of wasting, stunting and micro-nutrient deficiencies. These tend to kill…
Willow Bay, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism As a university professor and a mother of teen boys, I am immersed in a world of young faces buried in their phones. To be fair, adults, too, are enamored with the tiny, powerful computing devices in the palms of their hands. The patterns of daily life have been forever altered by the ubiquity of digital devices. The world has been rewired. And nobody wrote a user’s manual. Advances in digital media and mobile devices, and the rising power of social media, are changing the way people engage…
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 IDIA AISIEN (@idia.aisien) on Aug 28, 2019 at 2:12pm PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amara Kanu (@amarakanu) on Aug 26, 2019 at 9:53am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Aug 27, 2019 at 9:07am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tubobereni S. (@tubobereni_) on Aug 24, 2019…
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 SK? |Blogger/Youtuber ? (@samanthakashh) on Aug 4, 2019 at 10:18am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Styles by…
Karen Graaff, Stellenbosch University Numerous studies have noted that South Africa is an extremely violent country with high rates of interpersonal violence and homicide. Along with this, the rates of sexual violence are high, with a report by the Medical Research Council showing that 25% of women in their study had been raped in their lifetime. Although the rates of violence are extremely high in South Africa, the ways in which it plays out are similar in many ways to other countries. Around the world most violence is perpetrated by men, often against women, but to an even greater extent…
Laugh Quote “At every party, there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.”– Ann Landers Large Steps Son: Dad I failed my safety quiz Dad: What? How? Son: I missed the only question Dad: What was the question?!?! Son: What steps do we take in case of fire? Dad: And what did you say?! Son: Well I said f*cking large ones but apparently that’s not rich Dad: You are such a dumbass Bet piss One night in a bar a man…
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with anxiety. It was one of the lowest points in my life and I experienced firsthand how our minds have the capability of tilting the health scale of our physical bodies positively or negatively. A turning point for me was knowing that mental health is equally (if not more) as important as physical health. Yesterday night, I stumbled on an Instagram post of a 26-year-old beautiful lady who shared her experience with chronic depression. She disclosed that in April of this year, she slit her wrist in an attempt to commit suicide. Reading her…