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Does Bride Price Buy a Wife or Bless a Marriage?
“I paid your bride price.”
And therefore… what exactly?
What comes after that sentence?
Ownership?
Authority?
Control?
Exclusive rights?
A lifetime subscription?
I genuinely want to know, because sometimes I wonder whether bride price is one of the most misunderstood cultural practices in Africa.
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The Match Was Lost But The Mission Wasn’t
Lessons I Didn’t Expect to Learn from the World Cup.
By halftime, England had raced into a four-goal lead…Four. At that point, most reasonable people would have concluded that the match was finished. And perhaps it was but something else wasn’t.
You see, Kylian Mbappé had another competition quietly unfolding inside the competition…The Golden Boot…The race for the tournament’s highest goalscorer.
Lionel Messi was still ahead of him, and with the final still to come, it would have been easy for Mbappé to think, “What’s the point?” Even if I score today, Messi still has another match. He’ll probably score and he’ll probably win it. It’s over.
How many times have we had similar conversations with ourselves?
“I won’t get the promotion anyway.”
“That business is already too crowded.”
“Someone else is better than me.”
“I’m too late.”
“They already have a head start.”
“I’ve missed my chance.”
Zara – Lagos Mindfully
Ep 10: The Space Between Panic and Strategy
My eyes drifted toward the conference room across the corridor. Inside that room sat a woman whose career was collapsing by the minute.
Brand partnerships were disappearing.
Public opinion was turning vicious.
Sponsors would soon begin distancing themselves.
Journalists were undoubtedly refreshing their inboxes, waiting for a statement.
Eight hundred million naira…missing…Or misused…Or stolen, depending on who eventually wrote the headline.
……….
“You can run.” Silence. “You have enough money to disappear.” Her manager looked up sharply. “You could relocate…Wait…And hope the internet finds another scandal. It eventually will.”
Nobody interrupted.
“But if you choose that…” I paused “…then every accusation becomes true forever.” The room felt heavier.
“Or…”
I continued. “…you can fight.”
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