Browsing: Kadaria Ahmed

Written for kids, especially young girls seeking encouragement to follow their purpose, thrive in their chosen careers, and fulfil their mission, the African Power Girls book summarises stories dating back to the 1900s. The amazing stories captured by the author showcase the strength, freedom, challenges, and victory of spotlighted female legends. 

This was what carved a special place of regards in my heart for late Egba-born bard, Sakara music exponent and poet, Kelani Yesufu. Before his very unorthodox thinking, packaged into a line of poetry in his album entitled: “Atosi,” at least among the Yoruba-speaking people of the then Western State, gonorrhoea was an ailment that was believed to afflict only society’s greats. It was why the euphemistic acronym for it was arun gbajumo, translated: disease of the notable.