Tag: culture
The Power of Cherishing Her: Snag Yourself an ‘8-Cow Wife’
A virtuous woman, who can find? (Image by Pixabay) The Power of Cherishing Her: How to Inspire an 8-Cow Wife In a quiet fishing ... Read More
Lost in Translation: The Cost of Cultural Approximation
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Lost in Translation: Why African Culture Can't Be Explained in English Have you ever tried explaining a traditional ... Read More
Truly Wrong Love
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
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)
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)
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)
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