Emmanuella Chisom James

Have you ever read a book and your whole life changed? Or watched a documentary and instantly there’s a mindshift. You begin to see things in a new way. You listen to a podcast or eavesdrop on a conversation and you’re not the same any more.I used to long to be alone. Growing up in a large family does that to you. Being the first daughter in an African household will only make you crave it. Crave running away, far from home, living some perfect life you’ve idealised. One where you are happier. B...

We all want the best for our children, to protect them at all costs from every form of possible harm. It is a natural parental response rooted in love. However, it would be dangerous to ignore the possibility of certain risks to our children.

With the world becoming increasingly digital, crime appears to follow suit at an even faster rate. According to a report by the New York Times, in 2018, major tech companies such as Google and Facebook (Meta), reported over 45 million photos and videos of children being sexually abused on their platforms.

“My Rapist doesn’t even know he raped me because the system told him he didn’t.” In June 2020, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) convened and resolved to declare a state of emergency on rape following a series of public outcry on the abhorrent occurrence of sexual violence against women across the nation. The incidence of rape is however not an altogether new wave of epidemic for the country.A survey published by NOIPolls reveals that one in every three...

An eventual classic is usually a tale told by simple hands with a deep mind that takes us into a journey. In Johwor Ile’s book, we journey into the lyrically created Garden city, Port-Harcourt. The year was ’95, and Paul Utu – a seventeen-year-old boy – went missing, after telling his kid brother that he was going out to see a friend but never returns.But to tell Paul’s story, you would have to start from the time th...