By Morak Babajide-Alabi My heart goes out, at this time in history, to the people of Zimbabwe who are as confused, as a nation, as one can get it. As the world looks on in anticipation of a peaceful resolution of the current impasse in the country, the citizens go on their knees praying for a…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi It’s been a roller coaster of events in the United Kingdom in the past two or three weeks. We have been regaled with “drama episodes”, from the ridiculous to the shocking and life-changing happenings that one could not have imagined. It is been walking and reading from “Paradise Papers” to Hollywood sex…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi You know the political end is in sight when a leader had to repeatedly take to the media to confirm that he/she still enjoys the support of the people. This is the situation Theresa May, the embattled Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has found herself. She has to justify her continued…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi, Some years ago I was privileged to attend an awareness workshop on Child Protection for African Parents. It was held in Leeds, United Kingdom and organised by the Nigerian-led charity organisation – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA). The organisation was set up in 2001 to advocate the rights and welfare of…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi In Africa, it’s not often we get to talk about rape. This is saying it mildly, because we rarely talk about it. When we do, it is done in whispers, and in private clusters, never to be discussed publicly. Aside this, it is also a taboo, that comes up only when someone…
By Morak Babajide- Alabi The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU) is proving not to be as straight forward as citizens had thought it would be. Right from June 24, 2016 when the result of the Referendum vote was announced, the process had become longer and somehow cumbersome than anticipated. There seems to…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi Have you at some point in recent time (or even in ages past), considered the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as someone walking about with loose bolts in his head? Don’t kick yourself in the backside for thinking this way, because you are definitely not alone. As at this moment, the majority…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi Living in the west as a Christian, you probably have been asked one time or the other if you attend a “black church”. Your first thought is to ask if the questioner had seen something negative in your character or behaviour and think maybe you attend a gathering where black magic is…
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