Category: Non-Fiction

We asked ChatGPT about us.

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ChatGPT is here, and has been for quite a while. With the ongoing panic on its limitlessness and possible takeover of knowledge based jobs, it is easy to lose sight of what can be gained from its... Continue reading

08 May

Women Supporting Women?

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My friend told me a story last week. A woman had shared a photo of her daughter on her birthday. In that picture, her daughter was wearing a beautiful, intricate dress. Some women then stole the picture,... Continue reading

08 May

Shame as a Tool for Social Change

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Shame is as old as man. Everyone at some point in their lives have known what it means to cower because we feel small and humiliated and exposed. We all know that feeling of wanting to disappear,... Continue reading

08 May

Classes of Brain: The Case of the Dull vs Bright Child

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This essay is concerned with the mental crippling boxes in which young scholars are being placed because they do not conform to a particular “standard”. The essay, thus, will consider some ideologies in the Nigerian school setup... Continue reading

10 Apr

Enhancing Nation Building Through Confidence and Values

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“It’s fine to criticize the government and all the other centres of power, probing for their inevitable, arrogant error modes. But we won’t blanket betray the nation that protected us, or the city whose cops we’d call,... Continue reading

23 Mar

NEPOTISM AND FAVOURITISM IN NIGERIA

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I had gone to the area council secretariat for N-Power verification for four days in a row now. Every morning, I would leave home early so I could get there by at least 7.00 a.m. Every morning,... Continue reading

13 Mar

The Magic of the Not So Defining Moments

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Humans are very much fixated on starts and finishes, beginnings and endings, and nothing much for the in-betweens. We mourn the dead, we celebrate births (which of course aren’t bad things), and anything that reminds us of... Continue reading

13 Mar

THE UNSUNG LEGEND OF LUCKY DUBE

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Reminiscing apartheid in relation to artistic influences would amount to an inaccurate recollection if it did not pay homage to Philip Lucky Dube, the times greatest reggae icon not only in South Africa but the entire African... Continue reading

13 Mar

Silhouette

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Everything changed when Mama Asabea moved into our homestead. My dream had preceded her coming. The night before she came, I dreamt of bats and vultures. They were perched precariously on our moth-eaten rafters. I made nothing... Continue reading

13 Apr

The Weight of Assumption

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Your voice ascends to the sky; deep, high-pitched, husky. The earth receives the tears falling furiously down your face; catarrh, dripping down your nostril. As tons of bodies cluster all around you, the wind beats into your... Continue reading

13 Apr

Him

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He was tall—as tall as I can remember. He was handsome—as handsome as I can remember. He was a dark-eyed, swarthy man with killer looks that sucked people in and left them as breathless as Chimamanda Adichie’s... Continue reading

13 Apr

EROTICA IN NIGERIA: FORBIDDEN BUT POPULAR

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The documentation and expression of sexuality has been proven to be in existence for as long as humans have been able to communicate. From the etching of drawings depicting sexual activity on the walls of caves by... Continue reading

21 Mar

Different Approaches to Feminism and their Setbacks

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Feminism is the belief in the social, economic and cultural equality of the sexes. Feminism entails giving everyone an equal chance and opportunity to do whatever they want. If a woman wants to do labour jobs ‘meant... Continue reading

10 Mar

The Year my Father Murdered a Man

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The year my father murdered a man, a plot of land had been allocated to him by the newly constituted democratic government. Democracy had returned two years prior, and governors were granting certificates of occupancy to anyone... Continue reading

06 Feb

LIVING WITH CANCER IN NIGERIA

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Cancer is defined as an abnormal growth of cells, which divide and proliferate in an uncontrolled manner, and in some cases, metastasize (spread) and invade other nearby tissues. A common misconception is that cancer is a disease,... Continue reading

03 Feb

Introducing ‘DISTILL Series’

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Introducing our new program ‘D I S T I L L Series’ where we communicate research in style. A monthly Facebook live chat with researchers and non-fiction authors who talk about their research in simplest and informal... Continue reading

19 Jan

WHAT BURIAL TRULY MEANS TO THE IGBO PERSON

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In most African countries, it is generally believed that the act of burial ensures that the soul of a person rests after death. A funeral is seen as an official rite of passage from the world of... Continue reading

19 Jan

Book Banning in Nigeria

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All around the world, book banning has been an art that has existed as long as the art of writing books. For reasons such as: obscenity, blasphemy, depiction of homosexuality, politics, several educative and enlightening books have... Continue reading

12 Jan