Na God go punish you with this lies, he never sponsored her education you bloody idiot, pushing this narrative on the dead to act like a sweetener to your useless story
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
A large percentage don’t even survive their first year. That’s one reason you don’t see as many people living with severe disabilities in Nigeria.
Poor healthcare, inadequate neonatal and paediatric care, inaccessible infrastructure, and little to no support for families.
@Callmemichael10@nneamaka_orji True, Some probably embraced colonial institutions cause they offered relief from certain harmful practices. My concern is that, in the process, many valuable aspects of our culture were also discarded. The challenge is preserving what was good while reforming what wasn’t..
@Callmemichael10@nneamaka_orji Exactly. Culture doesn't preserve itself. If people before us hadn't deliberately passed these things down, many of them would already be gone. Conformity definitely makes it harder, especially when people are taught to see their own traditions as backward.
@Callmemichael10@nneamaka_orji Colonialism wasn’t just influence, it was forced and brutal. They didn’t just convince people their ways were wrong, they built systems that punished or ostracised those who refused to conform, and the effects of that conditioning still linger…