Tag: culture

Access Denied: Africans Face Global Discrimination Daily
Blog (Misc and opinions)

Access Denied: Africans Face Global Discrimination Daily

Support Team- March 30, 2023

What nationality do you have to be in order to be entitled to explore the planet? What is standing between you and your dream to ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Amina of Zazzau (Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Amina of Zazzau (Nigeria)

Bimi- February 1, 2023

Queen Amina was instructed in political and military strategies (Imagined by AI) Queen Amina of Zazzau in the present-day Kaduna state of northern Nigeria, was ... Read More

DONOR PROJECTS – Just Enough but Not Enough
Blog (Misc and opinions), COWRIE (Business)

DONOR PROJECTS – Just Enough but Not Enough

David- January 17, 2023

Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash I have just spent three days in a donor-funded workshop with government partners, the objective of which was to ... Read More

“We Don Close”: Gatekeeping, and the Skin Color Advantage
Blog (Misc and opinions)

“We Don Close”: Gatekeeping, and the Skin Color Advantage

Bimi- January 17, 2023

"Welcome Massa!" — A Glimpse Into Nigeria's Lingering Colonial Complex As the gates flung open and the gateman barked “Welcome Massa!” to the approaching white ... Read More

Reconstructing Black
Blog (Misc and opinions)

Reconstructing Black

Bimi- January 17, 2023

Black, proud, and thriving (Photo by Kiptoo Addi, Pexels) The colour BLACK has had a bad rap in western culture and European colonialism promoted western ... Read More

Snag Yourself an ‘8-Cow Wife’
VILLAGE (Family/Relationships)

Snag Yourself an ‘8-Cow Wife’

David- January 17, 2023

A virtuous woman, who can find? (Image by Pixabay) by Janel Breitenstein (C. FamilyLife.com) An old story told from the island of Kiniwata relates the ... Read More

Lost in Approximation
Blog (Misc and opinions), LOUDER (Culture, lifestyle and Interviews)

Lost in Approximation

David- January 17, 2023

Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Have you ever tried to describe an ethnic expression in English but found English words inadequate? Frustrated, you attempt ... Read More