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Healing Fatigue and Sleep Struggles: Practical Steps Toward Deep Rest

Over the past few weeks, I have been addressing the growing issue of fatigue among individuals and families living in fast-paced urban environments. We have explored how many people are functioning in survival mode for long periods of time, carrying emotional pressure, mental overload, financial strain, family responsibilities, and unresolved stress while still trying to appear “fine” on the outside. This week, I would like us to shift our focus toward something many people desperately need but often struggle to achieve: deep rest and restorative sleep. For many professionals, parents, entrepreneurs, students, and caregivers in Lagos, exhaustion is no longer occasional. It

How to create a cosy bedroom retreat

Want to turn your bedroom into a space that feels warm and inviting? A bedroom is more than a place to sleep - It's your personal retreat, a corner of calm in a busy world. The right bedding, lighting, and ambiance can transform it into a soothing sanctuary where you feel truly at ease. The good news is that creating this cosy atmosphere doesn't require a big budget or a design degree. With a few thoughtful touches, you can craft a space that comforts and restores you every single day. Bedding Choices for Comfort Your bed is the heart of the room, and the right

When Life Becomes Heavy

1 Peter 4:12–19 There are seasons in life when everything feels heavier than usual. The things you normally handle begin to drain you. A problem that once looked temporary suddenly stretches longer than expected. You pray, you endure, you try to stay hopeful—but inwardly, you are tired. And in a city like Lagos, pressure has a way of multiplying itself. There is financial pressure.Emotional pressure.Family pressure.Career pressure. Sometimes, even before the day fully begins, your mind already feels exhausted. The thing is this: hardship has a way of making people feel isolated. You begin to wonder why things are happening the way they are. You question

Plot Twist: Why Books are the Real “Infrastructure” for Africa’s Growth

By Nkanu Egbe The National Theatre has seen many reinventions. Once the grandest stage in Lagos — host to heads of state, continental summits, and the full spectacle of Nigerian cultural ambition — the building on Iganmu's waterfront has spent recent decades in a more complicated relationship with its own legend. But on Wednesday 13 May, something fitting will happen inside its reimagined halls. In Cinema Hall 2 of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Creative Arts and Culture, a room of writers, librarians, booksellers, educators, and policy thinkers will gather for what promises to be one of the more quietly significant events

The New African Publishers: Towards the Promised Land

By Olatoun Gabi-Williams This article explores the difficult, entangled, high risk and yet, hopeful journey of publishing on the continent, a journey exemplified by Somali scholar, Jama Musse Jama’s vision of literature and the arts as a site of reconstruction and liberation. Dr. Jama Musse Jama – An Ethno-Mathematical Blueprint Author and ethno-mathematician, Jama Musse Jama is also a renowned cultural activist and a “New African Publisher” at Ponte Invisibile, Hargeysa, Somaliland. In our 2021 interview, he asserts the multiple “social tsunamis” Africa has experienced as the single most revealing context for understanding Africa’s development and her struggles – including the struggles around

The role 21st century booksellers play in realising SDG 4—quality, inclusive and equitable education

By Oreoluwa Lesi SDG4 focuses on education and aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” It includes seven targets, which cover eliminating disparities in accessing education at the early childhood and primary levels based on gender, ability, and other socio-economic factors and, as much as possible, encouraging all women and men to stay through to the tertiary level; ensuring that all youth and a large proportion of adults are literate and numerate; and ensuring that all learners can get the knowledge and skills needed to gain employment and contribute to sustainable development. When we