Memoirs – REVERIES BY HEPHZIBAH

THE SANCTITY AND SECRECY OF MARRIAGE

Now they say love doesn’t count wrongs, but love takes pride in its own value, and if you value yourself, you deserve to ask for better, and indeed get better treatment from your partner. You might be willing to accept those behaviours that do not take a lot away from you… but some of them…
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NOT HIGH, NOT ON THE GROUND

Yes, I still get urges to grab a drink. Drinking is the strongest and easiest urge, then smoking, then several types of highs. It’s strong when I’m under any type of stress. I miss that feeling of melting that comes as soon as you take a sip. It’s almost instant, you feel the liquid coursing…
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CHANCES ARE, YOU ARE THE DRAMA

Let me tell you something, being unaware of your value doesn’t just rob you of opportunities, but it can completely rob you of peace, and bring untold drama and heartache into your life. I am hitting my 30s pretty soon, and while I have spent many years dwelling on my flaws and nitpicking how to…
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YOU’RE A FEMINIST BY FORCE, BY FIRE

“God forbid!! I’m not a feminist”. So you mean to say, you identify as a man? The line isn’t that thin. Walter Rodney in his book “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”, did a realistic assessment of the role of women in pre-colonial Africa. There were “two contrasting but combined tendencies. In the first place, women were…
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THE STENCH OF THE NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT

First and foremost, as a Nigerian, nowhere except Nigeria, is home. You might face racism in the West, but you’ll also face racism in Kenya. From the Indians who own almost everything, to the Caucasians who flaunt their dollars and pounds everywhere, to the Kenyans who think you’re the problem; why they’re not getting jobs…
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LANDSLIDE

This post is inspired by the Fleetwood Mac Song, Landslide. The real meaning behind Fleetwood Mac’s emotionally charged song was hotly debated since its 1975 release. “Landslide is about the fear of everything coming crashing down and not knowing how you’re going to hold things together in pursuit of a dream” – Stevie Nicks. Stevie sings about the…
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Category: Memoirs

THE SANCTITY AND SECRECY OF MARRIAGE

NOT HIGH, NOT ON THE GROUND

CHANCES ARE, YOU ARE THE DRAMA

YOU’RE A FEMINIST BY FORCE, BY FIRE

THE STENCH OF THE NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT

LANDSLIDE