In a country where the government is totalitarian, you don’t have the freedom to have on opinion, you can’t say what you need to say, and this is due to the fact that your fundamental human rights have been trampled upon. This is because totalitarianism is the principle and practices of a state in which
Year: 2019
The Lights
This is the missing jigsaw piece of my puzzle, but somehow I feel nothing. I just feel an emptiness larger than before the day that I woke up and discovered the two people I called Mum and Dad weren’t really that at all. I thought this visit would cure me, soothe me, but somehow it
Death by Madness
Blood. It was everywhere; snaking patterns across the floor. It was black, at least to me, as it was tainted with the evil of human nature. Its oily feel and ruby gleam coating my hands. These hands, that had committed the most abhorrent crime, the monster I’d become. I couldn’t tell how long I’d been
The power of the internet
I think the internet is absolutely incredible. Right now, I’m using it to type this, to listen to music on Spotify and to keep up with Brexit on BBC News. Just a few minutes ago, I was using it to tweet a picture of my cat. I have a Reddit tab open right now and
Never let go
Nothing is perfect. Something always has to be imperfect, flawed or damaged. You can’t always have the best parents, who give you everything you want. You can’t always have the best gadgets and the newest games. But what you can have is hope. Even if things are not going well and there is nothing you,
Passionate Curiosity – The Key To Success
I got into university to study law in 2017. I was still in my teens at the time, but as I grew older and started coming into my own, I began uncovering who I was as a person, what my values were and all of that good stuff. I also started reading a lot of
“The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people”- Jon Ronson
Social media is simply a means of mass communication that creates a platform for social interaction. It has more or less benefits for most people of the world, but its effect on the lives of so many has made it quite impressive. Virtually everything is affected by social media, including our freedom of speech. Trying
Social Media: A Platform
Just imagine if the freedom-giving social media platforms cease to exist in our digital world. What will happen to the voices of the people, the voices which are gaining recognition in this moment… the voices which inspire people to know the gravity of the situation….????? Now let’s ponder upon these voices of fellow human beings.
Talent: A relative theory
Talent is a highly debatable ideology. From a very young age, we look around at the world and at society and ask ourselves: What is my talent? Whether it be writing, spelling, or mathematics, our belief in our own ‘talents’ is shaped in those very early days. Many even grow into adulthood and claim sweeping,
Maybe We’re Both Wrong
“The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.” – Jon Ronson Despite my infinite respect for Jon Ronson as a writer and person, I cannot help but approach this quote with a certain degree of uncensored skepticism. Although I would agree that social media has the potential to
The Nightmarish Dreamworld of Social Media
From the first recognisable social media site “Six Degrees”, made in 1997, up to the modern updates in popular social media networks that we use on a daily basis, platforms such as these are often heralded as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century (much to the dismay of many disgruntled parents); they
Just Curious
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”- Albert Einstein. It was a room filled with gifts of every kind. I could remember seeing Ezinwa, Bally, Adanna who stood before the man that gave them something. It was now my turn to receive the unknown stuff. I stood right in front of him
The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to the voiceless
When defining self-worth, what comes to your mind first? For some, it’s having a value, while for others, it’s the ability to be bold and confident and social media allows us to have that in our hands. Social media has given a voice to so many people who find it hard to express themselves, which
Different Behavioural Outcomes
Are you who you were? Are you who you are? Are you what you wanted? Are you who you will be? Do you believe in change? I want to discuss the statement that is credited to one Michel Foucault. The statement goes this way, “I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what
Innovation & Customer’s Insights: Coming Together, A Beginning; Working Together, A Success! Henry Ford’s Success and Failure
Did Ford utter these words? Is this maxim correct? Is it wrong? What prompted this statement? What did he really mean? Wow, a whole lot of questions already but guess what, I’ll take you through a journey of enlightenment and let the answers to all of these questions flow from your understanding. According to legend,
A Story Worth Telling
“If there is no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading.” — Veronica Roth Do you agree? “Wholeheartedly! The internal conflict rose from within and formed a raised, rigid bar-shaped lump between my breasts. My mind wondered what was wrong as my body urged my fingers to continue exploring the invader. As
Contented Customers – Only Until The Next Gadget Appears!
A principle in marketing is that the customer is always right. This gives rise to the assumption that customers should be given what they want. Sales people are warned that if they ignore the needs of their customers, the business will soon be on life support. Ford’s comments ignored this rule and yet we still drive Ford cars today. His
La haine n’attire pas la haine, elle l’engendre
The revolution will not be televised, Gill. It will be Twitter-ised. It will also be hate-driven, because nowadays hate is more profitable than love. I’m an optimist. I once read that optimists were those who believed we lived in the best possible of worlds. Pessimists were those who feared this might be true. And yet…
To the Unknown You
You must be thinking, what’s the deal about this insta-caption worthy title? As mystical as it sounds it has a lot to do with the subtext intended. When asked upon to tell them something about yourself, what’s the first thing you know for sure about you and what do you want to make others believe
Absolute
On the day I was born, I was defined. A female to the doctors, a daughter to my mother, and a sister to my siblings. I was given a name, baptized into a religion, characterized by a language though I still had yet to utter a word. I grew up striving to understand the norms