The year isn’t done.It’s just waiting for what you’ll do with what’s left of it. Our parents understood this in ways that still humble us today. They never wandered into a new year by accident, they prepared for it like a ceremony. December in many homes wasn’t just Detty; it was deliberate.They swept the compound […]
The year isn’t over yetbut this is the season where the smart ones slow down and start sharpening their eyes. Right before December arrives, life becomes a little louder, a little faster, a little distracting.But this period, these final weeks before the year ends, is where the real advantage hides. Our ancestors understood this moment
Every era has that one person, the one who can look at a situation and say, “Hmm… something no dey add up.” In the past, it was just like the aunties who could smell trouble before it arrived, the uncles who could read a room faster than Google Maps reads traffic, the elders whose instincts
There was a time when wisdom lived in a calabash. It moved from elders to youths in slow, deliberate gulps, at moonlit gatherings, naming ceremonies, and wrestling festivals, when the sky was dark but the stories were bright. What do we see today?Wisdom is still being poured… just in new cups. The Calabash Has Gone
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Some people walk into a room and notice things others don’t.Not the obvious. Not the flashy.They notice the vibe.A slight tension in the air.A pause before a laugh.A hesitation in movement.And from that whisper of energy, they see what is coming, before anyone else can. Our ancestors had this skill too.The market woman could sense
Some people don’t wait for signs,they read them. Before Google Notifications, before “updates,”there were street prophets:the quiet observers, the soft seers,the ones who could sense rain before the sky even thought about darkening. They don’t talk too much.They just say, “Hmm… watch that thing,”and later you realize, they were right. Who Are These People? They’re
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The Search Before Search Engines Before the blue glow of our screens, there was the red dust of wisdom.Before we typed questions into a box, our ancestors asked Afa. They didn’t scroll, they listened.They didn’t “Google it”, they divined it. For every confusion, every crossroads, there was a way to consult the unseen. Afa wasn’t
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