Ngala Eight-Eight

by Okey Ndibe
by Okey Ndibe

I’ve lived in America for more than twenty years. It’s a society that automatically views the caning of children as a form of abuse, bordering on torture. Make no mistake: I thoroughly enjoyed my youthful indiscretions, but didn’t find it funny when it came time to pay the price by being caned…

Recently, I read 2 articles by 2 top execs in the U.S. saying it is impossible for women to have it all citing examples of women leaving the workforce in pursuit of a family. Growing up in Nigeria it seemed our mothers could do it easily and at the end I had a new found appreciation for our mothers…