You see our government pretends to develop our countries and our leaders claim to work tirelessly for our population to get out of poverty and become rich. How true is that? In my country, every person with a little bit of money and social status is called ‘chief’, ‘boss’, ‘patron’, ‘amegan’, … All day long, […]
About: Mawuna KOUTONIN
Posts by Mawuna KOUTONIN:
The tyranny of silence
Some say the poor are noisy. They go live far away from noise. Some say the poor speak loudly They scold them for lack of manners Some say the poor are splashy They adorn immoderate sophistication Yes the poor are noisy A hunted prey scream when cornered A man suffering would shout A woman in […]
Modernity madness
What is modernity? Modernity is an ideology based on a rational and utilitarian approach to life. Modernity means decisions and choices should be explainable, justifiable, argued according to logic and utility. In any circumstances, the best option is the one based on reason and utility. If you cannot justify, explain or ague anything rationally, therefore […]
Extroverts and the Covid19 pandemic
If you think your life is miserable, please imagine the suffering of extroverts and attention seeking addicts at this hard time of confinement and lockdown, with closed bars, closed churches, closed stadiums, closed night clubs…? Extroverts get stamina from being around people, and a lot of people. Attention seeking addicts constantly seek an audience to […]
Indirect competition and the nice guy syndrome
Most people look nice and civilized only because they are not confronted by a direct competition. They never know directly the people they are competing with. Humans quickly return to a jungle status once they know the people competing with them for the same things. You are looking for a job. You are in competition […]
God played fools
On Monday the sun rose at East The city as usual, no one spoke Except the lady without clothes On Tuesday the sun rose at North The roosters lost their voice The charlatan was busy The church was full The mosque was louder The wise men got bolder The science man broke few instruments The […]
The seagulls and the monkeys
There a two kinds of activists: the seagulls and the monkeys. The seagulls are bad activists. The monkeys are the good activists. The seagulls fly over shit on the boats and then fly away, while expecting the boats to give them some fish. The monkeys fake submission, keep reading the situation, and once the tyrannical […]
Activism without advocacy is entertainment
An African from the Diaspora wrote on her Facebook wall ‘Black people are sold as slave in Lybia and the World is doing nothing’. I told her, ‘We are the world. Did you write to your senator? Did write to your congressman? Did you go to your pastor, imam, or priest to ask what is […]
Dynasties Rules
Ideologies come and go Like fashion Political parties come and go Like summer flies Leaders come and go Like butterflies Unlike the thunder Don’t roar or parade In silence speaks loud In discretion show off In ruthlessness get your way In compassion win hearts In wisdom fool the people Pledge allegiance to no ideology Tie […]
A Developed country and the others
A developed country is a country where foreigners are immigrants, are the poorest, are the exploited and mistreated ones. A poor country is a country where foreigners have higher social status than the locals, are called expatriates, are wealthier, and date the nicest girls while exploiting the locals. If you are poorer than foreigners in […]