A friend asked me what I thought happiness meant and I couldn’t give a satisfactory answer which prompted me to find out what some of mankind’s greatest sons thought about happiness. Genghis Khan, a childhood hero of mine, accomplished warrior, king of a vast kingdom and- if you ask the Iraqis- an infidel and ruthless…
After being banished from his home town of Sinope; the famous Greek philosopher, Diogenes, found his way to Athens where he arrived with a slave named Manes who abandoned him shortly thereafter. The people of Athens mocked Diogenes for his ill luck, to which the Philosopher replied, “If Manes can live without Diogenes, why not…
It’s been three years since I left Gokomere High School, yet the memories are as vivid as if it’s only a few weeks. I remember the friends I made there, the smells of that wonderful place. I remember the small hill and large boulders behind my form 1 classroom. I remember the monkeys, young and…
If you are in need of $3 million there is a way to make it. All you have to do is kill Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, a British Indian writer whose 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, was deemed to be insulting to Prophet Muhammad. As a result a fatwa was issued against him by Ayatollah…
Greetings fam, hope you all had a great week. Mine wasn’t bad, as I learnt and reflected on a few things: 1. Never Insult the Prophet MUHAMMAD! The Afrikan Youth is at this moment watching all the major news channels and the top story is the same on all of them: “Protests spread in the…
It’s September, the month I was born, the month when my year begins. Just as other people make New Year’s resolutions on the first of January, I decided to make my resolutions this month and introduce a Brand New Me. So for this year’s resolutions I decided to pay more attention to my physical, mental…
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