World Poetry Day is celebrated on the 21st of March every year. To commemorate this event, I will be dedicating it to the celebration of womanhood and I will be posting  a poem by Aina Ayomide.  A woman’s Anthem I am fire and I am fuel More than my body I am never too much and always enough Unlike anybody  I am the most stunning of all God’s creations  And I stand second to none So when they say; Happy is he whose children are males and woe to him whose children are females Raise your voice higher and say;  Relevance and irrelevance are not functions of gender but your cap’s feathers  And whenever they raise their voice to say;  “She’s a vice, a vixen, and a problem to solve” Raise your voice higher and say  Who should be first and who goes next isn’t yours to say “You are the head and not the tail” is what God had to say  And problems are never in His image, only solutions are! -Aina Ayomide  (C)2022

There is this current trend about alpha males. An alpha male is a man who is seen as the standard of what masculinity should be, especially by younger or other men. They usually seem or act better than other men. Alpha males tend to have money, confidence, and ladies flocking around them. They seem to be living every young man’s dream. Sadly, most times, the traits portrayed by these alpha males are toxic yet people celebrate them because of their confidence and their net worth. This shows that there’s a lot of work to be done. Boys need positive role models they can look up to and learn from. That’s why I am shedding the light on John ‘Dare Okafor, the Co-founder of Boys Without Borders who is showing boys a better way. He has been running this project and has seen some success. We interviewed him to discuss how things have been and what inspires him to keep moving forward. Grab a glass of cold drink, sit back, and enjoy the chat. 1. Can we meet you, please? My name is John ‘Dare Okaf

 It is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is Gender Equality today for a Sustainable Tomorrow. For 2022, the UN is focusing on recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are at the forefront of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all. As a result, the praxis of my discourse today will be centered on Ecofeminism.  What is Ecofeminism? According to www.britannica.com, “ecofeminism, also called ecological feminism, branch of feminism that examines the connections between women and nature. Its name was coined by French feminist Françoise d’Eaubonne in 1974. Specifically, this philosophy emphasizes the ways both nature and women are treated by patriarchal society.  As a literature student, I will be highlighting five books that one can do an ecofeminist reading of particularly from the Nigerian perspective. 1. Yellow-Yellow by Kaine Agary. Yellow-Yellow is a story about a biracial girl raised by her