Author: LawyerLiv
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Ever Dined With a Killer?
Today, business ceases & Rwanda enters into mourning for 7 days. My mind is on all survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsis, may God carry you and restore what these abhorrent locusts in human form have eaten. Joel 2:25. As always, our Grief Line is open 24/7 this April. Some months ago, I had…
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GIRLFRIENDS
I know, I know! I said no more blogs as I focus on finishing my book… BUT AH… Couldn’t resist, had this on my mind. So… I hate to put women in hierarchy, I have always considered us all to be sisters. However, I am saddened to note, there is in fact a class system.…
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BYE, FOR NOW
To our Friends and Foes, For the past 1 year, I maintained an (almost-daily) public blog.Out of the 365 days in a year, I wrote 271 pieces.I spoke on God, love, loss, career, divorce, sex, integrity, humanity, war, etc – I mean what didn’t we talk about? In total, the blog had exactly 7,233 views…
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Death to Democracy
Mere minutes ago, a judge ordered federal workers be reinstated, calling the entire thing a “sham”. The dismantling of USAID will likely also be ruled an overreach at some point because the “power of the purse” lies VERY clearly with Congress. Not that the lawbreakers at the helm of our nation care. Neither do their…
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March Heroine: Senator Natasha of Nigeria
While others are celebrating (or at the very least, pretending to celebrate) Women’s Month, Nigerian President of the Senate, had the AUDACITY to suspend Senator Natasha from her ELECTED seat after she made sexual harrassment claims against him. Effectively being the “juge, juré, bourreau” (judge, jury, & executioner). Because how TF you’re going to adjudicate…
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God & Ivory (Coast)
Label lovers may say I am undergoing a quarter life crisis. For I am re-defining the foundations of my very existence as I contemplate the following dilemmas. (1) Necessity/Beauty of Marriage v. Its Possible Negative Effects on Ambitious Women – (as I have seen with my very eyes for the hot second I was married.)…
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Cultural Appropriation, a Myth?
Disclaimer: I must first highlight; I am not American born. (Well technically I am. My parents were in this hood of the world around the time of my birth.) What I mean to say is, my ancestors do not know snow… and I have not had to deal with 1 million Rachel Dolezal.BUTTTT, sometimes I…
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Tit for Tat?
Which is worse: Lovers drama, Friends Drama, or Family Drama? Lovers drama is child’s play at this point. Our bodies have become accustomed to it. Looks like everyone is going through it in this department… The married feel suffocated. The unmarried feel lonely. The Situationship-ers feel played. It seems, the only people chopping life are…
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Intore? Mashallah!
Explore with me some of my favorite African Expressions. Starting with Rwanda of course, land of my fathers’ fathers. “Intore”- Aside from being a traditional dance and part of UNESCO’s intangible heritage, Intore represents the ideal human. You will often hear, “Intore Izira Umugayo” that is, a sort of scolding to never attract shame on…
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Sunday Funday
Ever entered a stinky bathroom with Christians in Church Premises on a bright Sunday Morning? All you will hear is: “Jesuuuus”, “ Father Lord“, “God forbid”, and most fascinating of all “Blood of Nebuchadnezzar!“ Wasn’t Nebo the guy who went mad for 7 years after mocking God? Who ate grass like an ox and whose…