It was probably the last week of January or early February that I met AI (not his real name), the Chinese student in my department. He had just come back from China after the December holiday. The first thing I asked him was, “hope you are not from Wuhan (the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak)”. …
Nelson Mandela used to say “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Therefore, whatever the problem we may be facing today, let’s know there can be a dramatic shift in fortune if we as a people are tired of our circumstances and willing to change. The fortune of Africa is in our hands!
Like this pandemic that caught the world on unaware though experts warned of it coming, a final apocalypse – the total destruction and end of the world – will happen one day
Mums are learning to maneuver balancing working remotely, child-minding, running a household and, for many with school-aged children, taking on the role of primary teacher with limited access to essential resources
I believe there are two books – the Bible and others. The whole Bible is special because it is God’s inspired Word that enables us to know how to be saved. It is also our source of guidance for how we should live
Why can’t we protest peacefully in our communities like we did, back in the days on our campuses when we used to sing “solidarity forever, we shall always fight for our rights.”
“There is only one strong, safe, and secure place for me; it’s in God alone and I love Him! He’s the one who gives me strength and skill for the battle.”
However, no matter how serious offences against us are including those of the penultimate colonialists, we should forgive but at the same time continue to demand for justice, equality and total emancipation for Africans all over the world.
Someone wrote, “sexual desire says, ‘I need it.’ “Pride says, ‘I deserve it,’ In combination their appeal is deadly. Pride appeals to the empty head, sexual enticement to the empty heart.”
We should not expect them to work full-time outside the home and full-time at home. We should lighten their loads wherever we can. We should be sensitive to their needs, and relate with them with courtesy, consideration, insight, and tact
