when they want to control you they do not come with shackles made of iron they come instead with cages made of shame and story like the one about the woman who earned crisis for her curiosity so tempted by a life of wisdom and independence she caused the downfall […]
Issue 9
13 posts
Who would have thought that 2021 would be a repeat of 2020? I know we all hoped that the pandemic would be well behind us by now but unfortunately it is still our collective reality.
Am seated here, by my father’s graveside, still wondering, what if you were still here, would I be the me I am today? Would I be this confident, amazing, beautiful, outgoing, strong and aggressive lady? Relentless, never giving up, speaking the truth even when it gets me into trouble, Who would I be?
I was born in Kumba, the South West region of Cameroon. I am the first and the only girl child of a family of three children. Though not able to get all the basic needs in life, we lived happily as a united family until our ‘oil well’ suddenly ran dry.
The Church of Fitting In is a tattered doctrine pedaling the snake oil of self improvement it sustains its dying creed from your contortions of worthiness bending for approval twisting for appreciation bowing and scraping in hopes of sanction through the blood-art of performance prettiness and productivity its prophets of […]