The Melancholic Millennial

   Photo credit: Business Day NG “Approaching Murtala Muhammad Train Station, Alagomeji. Please…” Shit. David hadn’t stuck the camera to the roof yet.  I felt like slapping urgency into him, but the purpling gash across his face, courtesy of The Gambia, would make anyone unthink confrontation. The men stashed somewhere in Alagomeji had probably thought enough. So, this final photo was now or never. “Amina, I’ll ensure you’re fine.” His drill was still harassing the cabin’s roof. I wished I had that job instead of being in a burqa clutching a beretta—our contingency plan, if Ahmad, sprawled like  road-kill on the floor, awoke before cue.  A month ago, David’s plan for Trainwreck approached my hidden lens outside Lagos Pension Commission where I was demanding any available justice for my mum. He told me about Ahmad and how he had been priming the young man for today. “David, I won’t be fine.” I could be fine if David's photos were published before the President signed Mutkar Bello’s

  Laughter is the best medicine until you're the only one laughing and people look at you like you need medicine.  Out of habit, recently, I shared something I found absolutely hilarious. A tweet: You don't need me to explain the punchline do you? Some people laughed with me, and some others didn't quite like the sound of it. Orphanhood is linked to trauma, and this joke makes light of the sore spot. But I laughed.  It is said that one thing that sets Generation Z apart is a strange sense of humour. To other age groups, it seems like our sense of humour is broken. If I texted you this statement I lifted from here :    “tHE CheESE STiCK HATH AwaKENed.” Would you laugh? A typical Gen Z reply would be 'LOL WUT?'  While someone else would probably need a context to the cheese stick in question, a Gen Z would first be tickled at the way it is written. That style of writing is a specific tone. A tone you subconsciously learn from hours of media consumption. However, I did

  Nicole Chikwe once asked a room full of young women, I inclusive, if anyone wanted to volunteer to list five things they loved about their bodies and why. My hand shot up faster than Hermione in Mcgonagall's class. For some reason, I had heard 'wrong' rather than 'loved' and assumed the request was for '5 things wrong with your body'.  I stood up and yelled the one thing that irked me above all "my knees!". Everyone laughed when I was told what the question really was. I had to pause and think before opening my big mouth again. Then Nicole said something I'd never thought about "it's very easy for us to mention all the things we hate about our bodies, but we hardly ever focus on the things that are positive about it, why not?"  On the 6th of July, Frida Kahlo , one of history's most valued artists, would have been 114; but her body gave up before she could clock 50. Frida had an extremely broken body.  First, polio made her

  If you like fiery romance but do not care for pornographic scenes, there couldn't be a more perfect classic than Anna Karenina.  This Tolstoy's masterpiece, unlike most romance novels, does more than try to get a rise out of you or make you yearn for chiseled muscles/soft, rounded arms; it teaches you an important aspect about the meaning of love, and I'll tell you exactly what. Anna is the young vivacious jewel of St Petersburg's, Russia, high-class society. She married Alexei Karenin, a politician who is in love with her but has a personality that is often described as mechanical; in a way, Karenin is presented as a perfect product of systems, he doesn't really understand the humanity of the world much less of his own self. He struggles with understanding his emotions or even feeling them.  Although Karenin is 20years older than Anna, they have a nice and stable marriage that's crowned with their son Sekoyva. Early in the book, Anna describes him as a good m

Ọ dịghị ihe na-akpasi ụmụ nwaanyị  ubgua iwe ka ihe ọ bụla mmadụ kuru ghasara 'Patriarki/Ndị Nna'. Mkparịta ụka ọ bụla na-adabere na ihu a nwere ike ịkwụsị na abụ olu egwu nke 'onye nwee ụwa? Agbọghọ! '. Ike ụmụ nwanyị bu ihe ọma. O meela ọtụtụ ihe ọma zuru ụwa ọnụ, mana enwe mgbe ụfọdụ mgbe uche zuru oke ga-ajụ maobu n'ụmụ nwanyị anaghị aputa ndị ha na-achọ ịkwatu. Karịsịa mgbe a na-elekwasị anya bụ ụmụ nwanyị ndi Afirịka N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, Renee Donaldson, nwa ojii Youtuber, na onye na-emetụta mmekọrịta mmadụ na mgbaghara rịọrọ ndi na-eso ya maka ịkwalite ụdị akpọrọ Clinichub. Clinichub bụ azụmahịa nke na-eme dị ka onye etiti  n'ụlọ ọgwụ ịwa ahụ plastik na Istanbul, Turkey, yana ndị achọ 'ịwa ahu plastik'. Ihe na-adọrọ uche banyere azụmaahịa a bụ etu o si agbado ụmụnwaanyị isi ojii anya ma jiri ndị mmetụta dị ka Renee rata ha n'okpuru mma. Renee rịọrọ ndị 'fans' ya mgbaghara mgbe 'ịwa ahụ' nweta ike Brazil 'gara ọjọọ, h

  Il y n'a pas de meilleur adjectif que je peux donner ce que cette   année a été   sauf cela--alterant. 2020  a été  le montaigne russe plus inattendu que Je n'a pense jamais que je voudrais entrer, et je devine qu'il  a été  quelque chose similaire pour vous aussi. Mais bon! Outre les pandemiques et calamites naturalles, 2020 a mis l'humanite  à  reflexion, et cela evidente plus fort en musique. Dans ce bref article, je vais partager sept chansons qui resumer tout les choses a survenu cette annee.  Et, si vous pensez que c'est audacieux de supposer que je peux résument cet tyrannosaure d'un an,  attendez d’arriver à la fin. 1.  Le Corona Virus par Tom Macdonald Vos rapellez quand les gens  commencé à acheter du papier toilette  en panique?  Il y avait même  un homme  qui a achete tonnes de desinfectant donc il pouvai escroquer peuples en Amazon.  Dans cette chanson, Tom Macdonald rappe sur les responses differents a l'epidemie virale que a fait la absence

  Nothing steams a modern woman's buns like the mention of patriarchy. Any conversation leaning towards its favor could end in honest chants of 'who run the world? Girls!' .  Female power is a wonderful thing. It has done a daunting amount of global good, but there are sometimes when a critical mind is drawn to wonder if women aren't turning into the monsters they are trying to topple.  Especially when the focus is black women. Recently, Renee Donaldson, a black Youtuber, and social influencer apologized to her followers for promoting a brand called Clinichub .  Clinichub is a business that acts as a middle man between plastic surgery clinics in Istanbul, Turkey, and potential clients around the world.  What is interesting about this business is how it specifically targets black women and uses influencers like Renee to lure them under the knife. Well, Renee apologized to her fans after her 'Brazilian butt lift' surgery went south, leaving her with lumps. And fro