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In the African community of old and in some few cultures and households till date, women were to be seen, not to be heard. They are often relegated to the backyard of their matrimony not just to cook, but be made love to. They are also saddled with the responsibilities of raising kids and be in charge of the general well being of the household. And at the end of their lives however, most of them looks older than their husbands. They sometimes die miserably as a result of being unable to fully utilize the qualities in them.   Men in those days practice polygamy, majorly because they need as many hands as possible to help out on the farm, women do not always own any. This means she doesn’t have to be a financial contributor. She only assists and lives her existence on the dictates of a male. So whether the right decision is being dished or not, her opinion never counts. But right now things have changed. Civilization has birth a lot of improvement and mentality to th...

According to Google’s definition: Faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is actually easier to have faith in something or scenarios that we can see, or someone whose loyalty has been tested overtime. On the other hand, it takes a lot of ‘believing-in’ to come to terms with the fact that there is a superior being , let alone have faith in him or in what he can do. Now you know why the population of atheists seems to be on the rise. Realistically speaking though, has anyone seen God? Bible's definition of  faith  goes thus in Heb 11; 1; “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” Faith  in Christianity first of all believes in the existence of the almighty God and Jesus his son. It is also keeping alive the hopes that he would answer and bring to fruition what we desire. And no matter how long it tarries , answers to our prayers lie in wait, and the manifestation to...

I feel uncomfortable when the death of a loved one comes to my notice, someone I must have had ‘dealings’ with prior to their demise. And since I have never really lost anyone ‘too close’ to death, my very aged ‘grams’ being the closest, attending burials are one task too heinous for me to grace quite regularly. Matter of fact, I can count the number of such occasions I have attended my whole life with both palms, obviously lesser than eight. Burial rites like the Lying-in-state, having to sight corpses, lowering of once upon a bubbling body into the grave and covering up with sand, tomb design with flowers are not just my thing. And then after the party is long gone, the nightmares for me starts from having to take a second glance at even my own shadow, to be sure no ghost is after me. To not wanting to sleep all by myself, then goes the fretting at any unusual movement in my room and so much more. Days like these I hate those nuisance called rats. They are very good at sc...