I have Just Witnessed a scene on the street of Lomé in Togo. A 9 years old girl was insulted by a boy much younger than her. She swiftly moved to give him a physical correction he well deserved. The small boy got scared, ran to hide behind his bigger brother. The girl went after […]
We all love innovation
Innovation drives progress. But if you want innovation in the world, you have to start by self-reinventing yourself. You have to become a new person, a reborn. Innovate yourself! Innovation means taking the old, the known and turning it into something new, a breakthrough perspective. Like it’s said somewhere, you have to be reborn to […]
Values system collapse in my country
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 […]
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 […]
Alcoholism is destroying my country
I live in a small town where almost all men over 50 are alcoholics. More worrisome the men around 30 years are massively alcoholics too. Men gather only around drinking alcohol. There is no other socializing places except bars and white curtain pubs. There are no cinema, no theater, no festival, no musical concert, no […]
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, […]
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 […]