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 […]
The Sound That Wasn’t Heard Freedom does not always die in the noise of war.Sometimes, it dies quietly, in the stillness that follows.In the hush between gunfire and grief, between history and denial.It dies when tongues grow tired, when memories are buried beneath slogans, when the living learn to whisper because the dead were punished
The Mirror That Doesn’t Lie When Africa looks into its mirror, it does not always see what it wants to.The reflection is not the bold continent of speeches and anthems sung at independence rallies, it is a land still trying to become whole. From Dakar to Dar es Salaam, freedom flickers in fragments: a song,
Freedom, today, does not fly from the mast of government houses. It walks barefoot through markets, rides on keke tires, hums in workshops, and dances in open-air studios. It’s in the unrelenting spirit of people who build, fix, and create even when the State forgets their names. In the East, you feel it strongest, that
When the Night Glowed Red They said we should forget.They said we should move on.But how do you forget a night when the sky turned red with fire, and the nation held its breath? October 20, 2020: a date that split the timeline of a generation.At the Lekki Toll Gate, young Nigerians stood, waving flags
Theme: Renewal, Leadership, CommunityGuided by: Pathfinder Card — The Way Forward Two Festivals, One People Festivals in Igboland are never just moments of merrymaking; they are deeply symbolic events that weave together the threads of faith, memory, and identity. Among the many festivals celebrated by the Igbo, two stand out for their power and resonance: the New Yam
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Theme: First Harvest, First VoiceGuided by: Pathfinder Card — The Way Forward Every season begins with a sign. For farmers, it is the sprout that breaks the soil. For a people, it is the first word spoken after silence. For us at BlaccTheddi, it is Ìrì Jí; the New Yam Festival. We begin here because beginnings matter. A
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Theme: First Harvest, First VoiceGuided by: Pathfinder Card — The Way Forward There’s something about the first yam.The way it rises from the earth like a secret finally told.The way it gathers a people under one sun, be around one fire, on one day of remembrance. This is Ìrì Jí; and it is not just a festival,
