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This fact is in similar vein with Sugabelly’s post on sexual license in Igboland particularly Awka but is based in present day Mauritania during an earlier period (the 14th century). I have been reading the accounts of the Moroccan traveller ibn Battuta and while he was in Iwalatan (the first district in the ‘country of…

First, while I was browsing for pictures for my first post I came across this post, The Mikey Times: Nigerian Child Witches: Hate and Hope. I encourage folks to read it, I had heard about this issue before (I watched a video on Youtube) but I’m too lazy to search for the video right now.…

This starts my mini-series on Africa and religion, there are three all together (because 3 is a magic number seriously) and though the way I’ve split them up is a bit odd, these things have been on my mind for years and the only way I can free myself is to write. I must start…

Just for the fun of it…Rain (Jung Ji Hoon) is the face of an advertising campaign for a newly launched Korean cosmetics brand called Nature’s Republic and below are pictures and the official advert *giggle giggle*. This is my best pic! He looks a bit odd at the end of the video though, too muscular.…

This post is essentially my commentary on ‘Alan Moore’s Misogynistic Legacy’. I read it on that blog following a link posted at When Fangirls Attack. The comment section of the post are closed so I had no choice but to come here. You may want to read the post before continuing just to get a…

Bridgette Amofah is a Ghanaian-British pop/alternative/soul singer and she is one of the best musicians I’ve listened to in a while. I’m very picky with my music and I’ve pretty much given up on any music from the West (i.e America and Europe). I’m a world music freak however occassionally I find a musician that…

I was not going to comment on Tyra’s ‘good hair’ show because I honestly don’t care. This ‘good’ hair thing doesn’t matter to me at all. However I saw the video on youtube and I was so shocked and angry, this is the result. I don’t know about other Nigerians having experience with this ‘good’…

This will be the last post on this Identity issue. When you come to think of it, it is really not complicated, you know this search for a community to fit into and for people who understand you. I suppose as human beings, we are constantly searching for companionship and I do recognise it’s importance.…

Disclaimer: Whatever I write in these series is nothing more that my experience and my interpretation of the world as I see it. So in the second part of the Identity series I hope to examine beauty, self-esteem and alienation. I’m going to talk more about my experience as a woman with ‘African’ features who…