Trading has its humble beginnings from the days of trade by batter which prompted the story of the cowrie shells: West Africa’s first official/unofficial currency. The value of the cowrie has since been preserved in the memory of many generations and money museums as a currency and fragment of the past, representing the journey of…

What do your parents call Whatsapp? Wozzup? That you can use to chat? Wazzap? Whatsapp? The popular saying, “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks” often applies to the older generation. However, there are certain tricks that even the older folks would need to learn to ease their livelihood in this technologically advanced world…

Traditional marriage is an African theatrical display of Romeo and Juliet. Only that, it is a jolly affair embedded with deep symbolic actions and symbolic gifts too. Going to make known ones intentions bearing gifts to the bride’s family is one, discussing the time the main event will take place is another inclusive of the…

Music has often been described as food for the soul and I bet you would not put up a fight to that because many a song jolts people into nostalgia and other kinds of feelings. Not solely for the feeling but for the secrets these feelings hold. Music also means different things to different people…

Is the decision of shaving off a baby’s hair for the first time an attempt to end babyhood? Well, unlike the times when the Anita Bakers’ ruled the world, having full, woolly and luscious hair has become a trend for some years now and has therefore facilitated the natural hair movement as we have it.…

Left-handedness is broadly disapproved in most cultures and in the past in a bid to discern the complexities of lefties also called southpaw. Certain theories from the time gave way to explain such human rarity. Dating back to the Middle Ages, Roman, and Greek and in other cultures left-handedness was considered inferior or even bad…

For many years, Africans have been self-conflicted because of the history it had since experienced from mostly western civilisations. Struggling with the hangover for self-identity and placement in a world distorted from its originality, Africans are left to puzzle up the debris of what is left from history, which is largely a one-sided narrative, as…

“Citation” stands as a newfangled Nigerian film that has since gathered quite a number of both positive and negative reviews. Could the film’s fame come from the fact that a certain billionaire’s daughter was featured in it; or that the film in itself was great in content as per reflecting life or that the acting…

Is your child spending hours playing video games and not enough time to do other things such as homework, chores or spending time with family and friends? Is your kid more in tune with the gaming world than with real life? Every parent wants the best for their child, which is why we dote on…

Every society has a belief in something belief in life, belief in death a belief in life after death. These beliefs are instrumental components of culture, and they influence the disposition of a community/people. These principles could be said to be a way to understanding “death” a phenomenon that has since plagued every man and…

The quest for development and growth has been the preoccupation of the human race which has steered to setting up organisations, institutions and structures for these purposes. And so, the Umuada as a matriarchal sect in the Eastern part of Igbo land is one of such and has been in existence longer than imagined. They…

It is true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother’s hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his mother. (Achebe, Things Fall Apart) The…