Liberian Loving
Youjay did not gift me flowers;
A native boy from Neekren knew none of these.
Although I never experienced LEC;
Youjay’s presence was the light of my life. Continue Reading
Month: June 2021
Liberian Government’s Irresponsibility = Recent Death Spike
We have a full-blown health crisis at a moment when leadership is sorely lacking. The Ministry has yet to issue additional directives. The Legislators have yet to ask the Ministry of Health why they failed to give test results to people entering Liberia. The President keeps sending pre-recorded messages. He is about to go to France with an unnecessarily large team for a Gender Equality Forum while there is no money to fight the virus. Continue Reading
Against the Odds (Liberian loving)
For five years I’ve shared
Immeasurable bond and shatter-proof love
With my guy
My best buddy,
The buttered popcorn at my movie night
The dudu to my fufu
My very best friend. Continue Reading
When God Visits Monrovia And Decides To Speak
At night,
When the need to speak sits heavy in his throat like a log,
He will have to be louder than my mother’s midnight prayers.
She shouts in so many languages that He’d struggle with which one to answer. Continue Reading
Broken Hearts
As there is a thin line between love and hate, I must admit, loving a person has never felt this great.
They say time heals all wounds, but some wounds cannot be healed ‘cause with permanent scars, they have been sealed.
How do you mend a broken heart? How do you get back up, and where do you start? Continue Reading
LIBERIAN LOVING
The next day, we reached my father’s village. Like any Liberian would do after not laying eyes on your relative for years, groups of women jumped from under a hut and ran towards us, one hugged my dad, another lifted me up to her chest. “Ke! dyor gaar ke uh dyu gar whein chaa waa”, a lady told her sisters how my dad and I resembled. Continue Reading
Mosquitoes Attack
Humming mercilessly in our ears
Giving us sickness that makes us cold
Burning with fever,
A heavy load Continue Reading
Roundtable 2.0 - LGBTQ+ Equality & Acceptance in Liberian Communities
On June 20, 2020, Sleepless in Monrovia (SiM) held its second Roundtable Event. This was SiM’s first virtual event and it was on the topic “LGBTQ+ Equality & Acceptance in Liberian Communities,” It was an integral part of SiM’s yearly celebration of Pride Month. The panelists for a SiM Roundtable are: i.) an expert well versed in the topic at hand ii.) author(s) of SiM with a published piece on the topic, and iii.) representative(s) from SiM’s administration. Continue Reading
