The room was tense, with the intruder unrelenting in her quest to be acknowledged. The Sun was shining brightly,peering in making the two women seated on the bare ground blinking their eyes intermittently. One of the women got up and walked towards the window,drawing the curtains together, to keep the intruder away.
The internet went agog last week when the crooner Davido bought a supposedly "45 million naira" suv for one of the ladies in his life. Of course, there were reactions everywhere, with different comments trailing the love birds. He even wrote a song for her, which was released on her birthday. Wait a minute, maybe not all Nigerian men are really a lost cause; maybe some can be actually romantic, depending on the situation.(winks). The hash tag &Assurance& was everywhere, and almost every Nigerian lady wished unabashedly to live that kind of life.
Africa is a multi ethnicity continent with diverse beliefs, cultures and traditions. We often pride ourselves with the fact that out of the seven continents in the world, Africa is the most celebrated in the aspect of our heritage. However, in spite of the high respect we have for our heritage, there are some misconceptions about some certain issues which are always attributed to the supernatural. There are some many life threatening conditions that could have been salvaged in time, but instead they have been treated with that superstitious belief some Africans hold firmly on no matter how educated and exposed they are.