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Unfortunately,  Nigeria is known for many things, but protecting the rights of her women is not one of them. There's a reason why a man can beat a woman's frail body as if he's beating a rock and get away with it. Do you know what a physically-abused woman will be asked when she goes to report her husband at the police station? "Madam, but what did you do to 'provoke' him?"That said, there is more than one kind of abuse, of course. There's emotional. There's sexual. There are many more - Read More

If there's anything I know about, it's living away from home. It's been a whole decade since I last lived in Nigeria, and strange as it may seem, I know I will experience a culture shock when I go back to Nigeria. Leaving Nigeria, I thought, well, this shouldn't be too hard. It's only America. They speak English there.  I was right and wrong. Yes, they speak English here. No, it was not easy.I don't know how people make it when they travel to countries that speak other languages. Like an Read More