It’s been one year since a group of terrorists in northern Nigeria broke into a boarding school’s dormitories in the middle of the night and kidnapped nearly 300 girls. Most of them remain at large. In fact, since then, more girls have been reported missing. All day, crowds have gathered across Nigeria to mark this unhappy anniversary.
When a young woman goes to school, her future should be her concern - not her safety. Today, we are thinking of the Nigerian schoolgirls and their families today, and remembering this important piece by Foyeke Oyedokun, a Nigerian mother, Muslim, patriotic Nigerian, and passionate advocate for women and girls.
me every time i take a sip of my cappuccino: do they know it’s called cappuccino because the color is similar to the sackcloth worn by capuchin friars (cappuccini). do they know capuchin friars got their name from the hood (cappuccio) they wear. do they know cappuccino is a double diminutive as it comes from capo (‘robe’) + uccio = cappuccio ('hood’ but literally 'little robe’) + ino = cappuccino ('tiny hood’ but literally 'tiny little robe’). do they know
