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Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence

by / on June 30, 2011, 3:04 pm

A husband’s murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.

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Rejecting the Normal

Rejecting the Normal

by / on August 10, 2010, 8:04 am

There is a thing about being so close to something that one does not see it anymore. Anthropologists normally refer to it as going native. You have gone native when you no longer see the obvious things anymore, when the things that an outsider notices stares you in the face but you are no longer able to see them. This [...]

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Rejecting the Normal

Rejecting the Normal

by / on December 29, 2009, 10:04 am

In the BusinessDay of December 29, 2009 There is a thing about being so close to something that one does not see it anymore. Anthropologists normally refer to it as going native. You have gone native when you no longer see the obvious things anymore, when the things that an outsider notices stares you in the face but you are [...]

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Lawmakers deliberate on the completely absurd

by / on October 30, 2009, 2:22 pm

Lawmakers appeal to the sense of patriotism of armed robbers to ceasefire during the Under-17 World Cup competition.

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