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THE SMARTCANE

THE SMARTCANE

This is Riya Karumanchi, the Canadian high school student who designed the smartCANE, “a device with advanced sensing technology to help the blind better navigate.” At the age of 16 she has already developed this. Actually, the white cane—that simple tool that helps the blind identify obstacles—was invented by James Biggs in 1921. Until 2018 …

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WE CAN HEAL WITHOUT INFLICTING MORE INJURIES ON OURSELVES

WE CAN HEAL WITHOUT INFLICTING MORE INJURIES ON OURSELVES

One thing we cannot take away from Christian mission in Africa, especially in Nigeria, is the alternative education system and also alternative to health care management that came with it. Sadly, these achievements have been blurred by the fact they diabolized and demonized our culture and tradition in the process. If the missionaries had introduced …

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THE DRAGON MYTH

THE DRAGON MYTH

Did the animal painted by so many religious stories actually exist at any time? The answer is No. It was just a mere imagination of the authors that connoted various things. “The first dragon myths appear with the Sumerian legends of the god-mother Tiamat who transforms herself into a legged, horned serpent, and of the …

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SOCRATES

SOCRATES

Around 5 centuries before Christ, the Europeans you know today had exactly the same religious mentality we have in many regions of Africa today. They once believed that our day-to-day actions and events are determined by some spiritual forces up there. When it rained, they believed that it was Zeus, the god of rain who …

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PLUTUS, THE GREEK GOD OF MONEY AND OUR PRESENT AJAMBELE MENTALITY

PLUTUS, THE GREEK GOD OF MONEY AND OUR PRESENT AJAMBELE MENTALITY

This is Plutus, the Greek god of wealth, prosperity, abundance, and agriculture. His name is derived from the Greek etymology “ploutos,” which means “wealth.” Thousands of years ago, many Greeks believed that calling upon Plutus can open the doors of wealth for someone. Today, they classify all those beliefs as mythology, which means nothing but …

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