Patriotic Lamentation by Jogar
The leadership has, in the last five decades, exploited the patience of Nigerians and violated their integrity with impunity, while the masses have been made to put up with provocative hardship without losing their temper. Nigerians have cause to be angry or even cry for government having little to show for the enormous resources and opportunities offered this country by nature. Even when the abuses continue with little inhibition, Nigerians look forward with hope that the future could be better. The abuses have created heavy moral burden both on the leadership and the masses, creating a bleak future and uncertainties that have brought grief to many. Crazy appetite for power and wealth has led to reckless and violent struggle in the polity to which Nigerians have devoted so much energy and time which could have been gainfully deployed in more beneficial projects. The missed opportunities and headache of the over 30 years of military dictatorship with its distractions served as a journey with no clear destination. The distractions, irritations, frustrations and fears have led to fading hope and failed expectations. These have led to unwelcome reversals in the nation’s fortune. That notwithstanding, the less privileged Nigerians.
LEFT BEHIND: Destiny has a way of playing out itself in everyone’s life. Well for Harriet it’s magical! Harriet was lucky to have been born with a silver spoon. She’s brilliant and beautiful, but she’s never really interested in class activities, especially some “dumb” excursions as she had called it.. To her utmost disappointment, her father signed her permission slip and she had to go … Never did she know that she was about to meet destiny in a strange land, out of site, out of time. It was becoming a fun filled excursion, before an heart breaking interruption and then an earthquake and then darkness….. She missed the excursion bus back home! She has been left behind! In the middle of no where! Harriet is not going to give up now, but her reason to live awaits her in AMAZON… There’s more reason to why she has been LEFT BEHIND… This Romance/Myth will make your imaginations grow wild, so don’t be left behind on this!
Christianity and Socio-Economic Disorder in Africa: An Igbo Perspective
INTRODUCTION Christianity, like every other religion, carries with it certain cultural imperatives. The terms "religion and culture" are often used in a rather confusing manner. Some use the two terms as if they were two sides of the same coin: that is, in contexts that suggest that religion is one half of a whole and culture the other half. Others use the two terms in a way that suggests an opinion that one could be interchanged with for the other; in other words, that religion and culture mean one and the same thing. Admittedly, Religion and Culture are related in a special way which is not easily discernible without a close examination. But it is hardly the case that any of the above understandings of religion and culture is exactly correct. The two terms can neither be used interchangeably nor can they be regarded as two parts of a single thing, rather one - that is religion is part of the other - culture.
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