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The Systematic “Whorification” Of The Young African Woman

The Systematic “Whorification” Of The Young African Woman

8.00pm.  January.2012. Lagos. Nigeria.    I decide to get down from the car and walk to the gate of the pizza restaurant. I am brusquely detained by  the exterior gate by security guards. “Stop there. What are you looking for here?” the short guard sneered, contorting his face and scrutinising me up and down. “Is [...]

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Thinkers, Dreamers and Doers

Thinkers, Dreamers and Doers

Brooks Atkinson an American theatre critic who worked for the New York Times described the reasons for America’s greatness. He stated, “This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who [...]

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