Monrovia is covered in black, Men moving, women moving—— Children are fed up—— they join the troop too. Boots uprooting everything on the way. Women wearing jeans, with drawings and bravery on their faces. They hold placards in their… Continue Reading
For most people, beauty starts by what they see, after all, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. So let’s start from when I first saw you. I remember the image because it is stamped in my brain. You… Continue Reading
This is a story of a kid out there who became free from the prison of porn addiction. Many teenagers are unconscious prisoners to porn and feel it’s a form of enjoyment. You might feel it’s a sort of amazement, but its end is destruction. I need you to know no matter how addicted you are; you can still be free. If I can, you can. Continue Reading
Our government failed to recognize the long-term risks of job losses in the thousands and partnerships that will undergo liquidation when ORANGE leaves. ORANGE is the official sponsor of all the National Sport Teams and the Liberian National Football League. They support local talents and social ventures, provide subsidies to startups, and offer capacity building programs for youth. Sadly, the GSM Companies even took our government to court, through the Liberia Telecommunication Authority, arguing that the Order proposing the Floor Pricing for data usage and calls was against the the welfare of Liberian citizens and lost.
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My life has been a haven for dark clouds Marred by unfinished adventures and an affinity for lost causes Never dark enough to start a storm, but not light enough to see how far But someone says, “it’s a perspective… Continue Reading
I don’t think love has lost its meaning, but saying it has
Now the expression has little substance cuz of how almost everyone who says it act
Thereby leaving doubts about the authenticity of the words they once spewed
And because love has morphed the stomach’s butterflies into dragonflies,
Every time a person says “I love you” there’s this pinch in me,
Reminding you that these words are poisonous and shouldn’t be allowed in me Continue Reading
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
