Tag: culture

Truly Wrong Love
VILLAGE (Family/Relationships)

Truly Wrong Love

Ibironke Babalola- January 17, 2023

Photo by Nadine E on Unsplash She arrived on my doorstep looking like she had been run over by a truck: clothes twisted and torn, ... Read More

Gloves On: Mending the Illusions
Blog (Misc and opinions), COWRIE (Business)

Gloves On: Mending the Illusions

Bimi- January 16, 2023

Image: Unsplash In the last quarter of the year 2015, an article in a leading development sector e-publication declared that the gloves are finally off ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi (Ife, Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi (Ife, Nigeria)

Ibironke Babalola- January 16, 2023

Queen Moremi sacrifices her son Oluorogbo to the river (Imagined by Gencraft)   Queen Moremi: The Heroine Who Saved Ile-Ife Among the great women of ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)

David- January 15, 2023

Queen Mother Idia was the mother of Oba Esigie in the ancient west African kingdom of Benin. From as early as the 11th century until ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)

Bimi- January 11, 2023

Minos, imagined by Gencraft AI The kingdom of Dahomey, now called Republique du Benin is located in Western Africa, bordered by Togo on the west ... Read More

The Missing Black Populations of North Africa
Blog (Misc and opinions), DISCOVER (History)

The Missing Black Populations of North Africa

Bimi- February 1, 2017

A mixed race woman. Photo by Jude Infantini on Unsplash There are many similarities between the history of North Africa and that of North America ... Read More

Who Sets the Rules? Rethinking Global Development Indices
Blog (Misc and opinions)

Who Sets the Rules? Rethinking Global Development Indices

Bimi- April 17, 2014

Lush grounds in a middle-class estate in the heart of Africa   Who Sets the Rules? Rethinking Global Development Indicators Every now and then in ... Read More