Deep within myself I know I’m a warrior, a strong woman worth saving.
In my heart, I’ve believed like a religious person that I’m strong and brave.
I know how resilient I can be.
I know how many battles I’ve fought and won with my head held high. Continue Reading
They dress generation Z in the clothes of ‘Future Leaders,’
But teach them to be perpetual followers.
Their ways are one and second to none. Continue Reading
I would have loved to watch and listen to educational conversations around the Referendum options, but all the discussions have been smeared with political sentiments. Hence, I will just tell you why I what I think of each proposed amendment to the Constitution of the country we all claim to love:
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While trying to engage the police peacefully and make them understand that we had left the initial gathering point based on their orders and had gathered at that new point peacefully to continue with our march which was our constitutional right, the LNP officers started to again run behind the group that had assembled and started manhandling some of them. Continue Reading
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
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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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
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
It’s funny how we plan in our minds to show love to people at some point like we have somehow seen our death certificates somewhere and therefore we are assured that we still have a lot of time to accomplish everything we plan. We underestimate what we do with our lives and overestimate the mere fact that we are breathing, not realizing a good life is measured by the quality and not how long it was. Continue Reading
