Why not? I loathe that I reluctantly have to come up with a response to this question everytime I’ve declined an offered alcoholic beverage at a social gathering because a simple NO doesn’t always suffice to many. For a lot of folks in our community, a drink or two is the most common pastime and...
Having aspirations is important when you are from Ekasi, otherwise you will live and die there. It is not a bad thing when you want to spend the rest of your life in one environment. However, I wouldn’t rob myself of a chance to a better life; traveling, and exploring different parts of this country...
Everyone has a story to tell, I was born in a small village in Limpopo (Ga-molepo), but my parents resided in Gauteng. So I have spent my life moving in between the two provinces growing up. Attended a catholic school in primary and moved back to Gauteng at the age of 15. Although I have...
Having a family member who has an ongoing DRUG addiction problem often has a far more severe psychological impact on the family of the addicted person. They are directly exposed to traumatic events that inevitably occur during the many ugly phases of their loved one’s addiction. I can’t imagine anything more painful than to helplessly...
I never knew that my penis was not a sign of masculinity, only a sign of being male. Neither did it define my gender, only that I am born with the XY Chromosome. I carried this phallus all my life dangling in between my legs but all this dangling actually put my manhood off balance....
Corporate structures are shaped like a pyramid because they resemble pyramid schemes in many ways. A tiny fraction of people who ever walk through those doors will ever escape the multiple levels in the engine room to share in the disproportionate rewards of an organization. The odds of executing a successful startup? 1 in 20....
It has been a while since I engaged with other people on this topic. A life hack that I can share with any guy who is about to become a father is this: From the day your child is born, figure out what your child (and partner, if that’s the case) need at the moment...
All men feel fear. The worst kind of fear is the image of the difference between where the brother is and where he thinks he ought to be. A simple math application has never been so unnerving. We are just scrambling for answers like the rest of the souls meandering here. Looking for an image...
Dreams continue to come true, I’ve heard about this book Listen To Your Footsteps for so long now it’s something else to see have it in my hands. I have started reading it and I’m experiencing Kojo Baffoe in a different light, I’m discovering things that I didn’t know about him but now certain things...
My relationship with my mother is the longest relationship that I’ve had with any woman. I was with my mother for 31 years. And out of her 50 years of living, she lived and experienced 31 years of those years with me. That makes her relationship with me the longest relationship which she has had...