In 2014, when I was 8 years old, my father died from Ebola. My mother could not afford my education, so she sent me to stay with her brother. At first things were good, but as time went by, he started forceably having sex with me (i.e. raping me). Continue Reading
As we have seen over the last few days, people are reducing the anti-rape protests in the country to individuals rather than the cause. This reductionism trivializes the problem of rape, blinds us to the issues causing the protests, and explains why they are not taken seriously. Continue Reading
Our president was never fit to be president. He reminds us every day, but during moments of national crises—moments that define presidential tenures—the president has demonstrated his inability the most.
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Where has your “Feminist in Chief” cape been when Liberian women dressed in Black every Thursday for the last few years to call attention to this issue? Where was it yesterday and today, August 25 & 26, 2020, when hundreds of protestors came to give you our petition to end rape in Liberia and you were nowhere to be found, even though you were informed beforehand? Continue Reading
‘’If grabbing a lady’s buttocks or trying to steal a kiss without her consent has always been our ways of flirting or trying to satisfy our sexual lusts or desires, we must now realize that this is a problem, desist from such habits and now replace that with having a conversation with a lady that requires getting to know her at least, and then getting genuine consent’’. Continue Reading
I foresee a beautiful city that lies in a brighter tomorrow,
With more happiness and achievements,
A land with no discrimination and sorrow
Where in everybody is somebody
And nothing is something
Living without fear or trembling,
Rather, peace and harmony Continue Reading
This work of poetry is a social experiment on how people interpret different forms of art (in this case images shot by Ligerian Optics, on Ceasar Beach, Margibi County). The images were shared with the collaboration authors to write a… Continue Reading
One major discussion we somehow have neglected to have or perhaps have not recognized as a problem, especially for senior students at universities who have “met the requirements to graduate,” is whether they have actually met all requirements to graduate. In universities across Liberia and the world, the last thing that qualifies a student for graduation is their ability to write and present your research paper before a panel so as to convince them that your research is founded in facts and reasonable inferences/conclusions.
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As the sun greeted my shelf,
I turned to the waving white sheets that lay on the table,
To draw what I had witnessed.
But only this time, there was no moving tides
Neither birds catching fish nor flapping wings,
Just an animated memory beaming with still waters. Continue Reading
Now here’s the PERSPECTIVE that I am trying to proffer
People provide opinions you don’t ask them to offer
You can’t allow their insensitivity cause you to suffer
Mental illness is like a rain, it doesn’t choose who to cover Continue Reading
