By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – During major sporting events one gets to hear from ‘pros’ who seem to know everything from how to serve better than a Serena Williams serve-alike in a Wimbledon finals to how to score better goals than a Christiano Ronaldo score-alike in a World Cup equivalent. Opinions from such self-acclaimed experts often go a long way in making champions whom people have idolized for years to suddenly seem like pregnant women who are out on an afternoon stroll. In such heated moments, one would be inclined to become sanctimonious and join in crucifying the athlete or... Continue Reading
Omordia, Efe Alexandra – Researches and tabloid headlines tend to highlight our differences. We are constantly bombarded by theories as well as sensational claims that person A or community A are mismatched with Person B or Community B but in our sober and realistic moments, we would all admit that in the things that really matter, human beings are basically the same. How else can one describe the need by the majority to be part of a physical or on-line community? To be part of groupings that range from the out rightly ridiculous to the absolutely essential. Communities may be... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – Reality shows have not only come to stay but from all appearances we are being haunted as well. We have become zombies, helpless addicts, drawn to endless hours of nonsense but somehow not being able to move an inch once the switch comes on, on our television screens. There is one Reality Show in particular that is taken over the African continent and indeed the world. All it seems to promote is unhealthy hedonistic living as the continent feeds itself on a group of listless group of individuals who spend their days smoking endless cigarettes... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – A first time visitor to West Africa may have a hard time trying to figure out the multi-diversity of cultures in the sub-continent but what will give him or her a bigger headache is the attempt to compartmentalize relationships. From Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Ghana to Kings Square in Nigeria, the story is the same; From Monrovia to Minna it’s no different. Everybody seems to be everyone else’s sibling. Blood Relationships extend to places that are as far as the mind can conjure or as far as a need can be met. The cousin of... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – A few weeks ago, I got this spooky feeling when I entered an internet café not far from where I live. The spookiness did not emanate from the fact that the twenty something year old attendant sprouted another head at my approach; it came about as a result of his actions or should I say inactions. You see, this young man didn’t acknowledge my presence for several minutes even as I tried my best to get his attention. The more I tried, the more he looked right through me like I wasn’t there. I started... Continue Reading
