I don’t know the situation in other countries in Africa, but what I could witness here in my country is a complete collapse of values system. Values like honesty, integrity, accountability, professionalism, stewardship, loyalty, commitment, faithfulness, dependability, code of honor, etc. have completely disappeared in the society. From the head of state to the street […]
Category: Culture
The collapse of family structures in my country
I lived in Europe for almost 15 years. I’ve seen first hand how the collapse of the African family has huge negative consequences on the African community there. In suburbs inhabited by immigrants from Asia, turkey, Arabs countries and subsaharian Africa, and by poor Europeans, kids from Asian families consistently succeed better at school and […]
Lottery, the ultimate drug
Are you a doctor of our society? You keeping throwing diagnoses after diagnoses! Do you have cure for any? No, madam. I’m not a social doctor. I’m just chronicling the things I see around. Not sure there is any on the shelf cure. Social diseases don’t have any doctor here. Those who suffer from them […]
Things I witness with sadness
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Peace of mind and never ending happiness
This is your ticket to peace of mind and never ending happiness The world would always be in crisis. This will not change. There has never been any time in history where the world was not in a kind of crisis. The permanent status of the world is permanent crisis, and more crises after more […]
Difference between science and non-science
The simplest answer is this. Every topic that is taught at schools with the same content, with the same books in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, Teheran, and Bengal is science. In the contrary, any topic which content, books and approach is different in Moscow, different in Pyongyang, different in Beijing, different in New York is not […]
Joyless success or Joyful outcast
The world seems to give a choice between plague and cholera 1. Joyless success 2. Joyful outcast If you are the kind who like social status, accolades, stamps and titles, you accept the sacrifices of a joyless success. If you are the kind who give no fuck about stamps and respectability but also refuse misery, […]