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Practical Ways to Honour Your Parents
It is our pride as African children to see our parents happily retire and rest from a lifetime of work...
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Before You Move Back to Nigeria
I wanted to move back and make a difference in my Nigeria. However, it dawned on me a few months...
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What I Learned from Journaling
Journaling gives you the opportunity to look at your thoughts ‘outside your mind’. Sometimes, the sheer act of this offers...
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Dealing with Family Drama During the Holidays
Yes, the holidays are a bit twisted and yes, you wish your family or situation were a little more conventional....
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Hosting Guests During the Holidays
Ever since then, during the holidays – Christmas, New Year, Easter etc; we would make more than enough food just...
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Domestic Violence and Other Life Lessons from Chimamanda’s Purple Hibiscus
I remember my first contact with the novel 'Purple Hibiscus' in secondary school. I was excited to delve in and...
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Learning to Love Your Parents Now That You Are An Adult
I realised that many African parents truly believed they were doing the best for us, and I began to forgive...
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Single and Thirty-Something!
The day I turned thirty, I convinced myself this was the greatest failure of my life. This awkward, word-eating, can’t-believe-it...
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Reclaim Your Confidence – It’s Your Life!
When you assign a permanent role to a temporary person, your confidence tends to become a consequence and effect of...
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Would You Move In With Your In-laws?
Unless you or your in-law(s) are psychopaths, it won't always be a war zone. Living with in-laws can, in fact,...
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