The Rural People

Stress is the physical, mental and emotional response to a stress-causing factor or ‘stressor’. Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, nervous, or anxious.  Some of the signs of stress are:

In sub-Saharan Africa, we have the greatest problem of malaria as 3000 children under five years old die of malaria every single day. Although globally, around 40% of the population is at risk of malaria (http://www.who.int/features/2005/malaria/en/).

How do one explain to a rural dweller who lives a routine lifestyle that an increase in global temperature (also known as climate change) can affect him/her; that their daily activites and natural events can help or destroy their environment.

The New Yam Festival is a celebration that depicts the prominence of yam in the social-cultural life of the rural people. The evening prior to the day of the festival, all old yams (from the previous year's crop) are consumed or discarded.

A TENTATIVE BRIDE PRICE LIST 1 Umbrella 2 bags of rice 1 carton of Stella pomade 1 suitcase filled with clothes (box of wrappers) 2 bottles of hot drinks (schnapps) 1 crate of malt drinks 1 plate of kolanuts 1 bag of salt 25 liters of palm oil for the bride’s mother

Nigeria has a lot of cultural and traditional beliefs and taboos. Some are practiced while others are not because of civilization. •For example in the Ibibio tribe using the left hand actively is a form of insult  such as using the left hand to give or accept something,  doing house chores and even using the left hand to eat.

This should have come during your birthday but permit me to celebrate you on this good Friday evening. Meeting you on that fateful day28th October2004 was controversial, accepting and having implicit faith in me was more controversial then my unofficial adoption into daughterhood by you was the greatest controversy that still left many quarters confused till date.