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Table of Contents Huan’s Job Hunts Achieving Equal Opportunity in a non-equal opportunity contest Blind Recruitment – Bolstering Equality Equal opportunity has become a buzzphrase in this era where equality, diversity, and inclusion heralded almost every media post, employment policy, and government policy. This notwithstanding, equal opportunity has its limitations; there are some factors that the principle behind equal opportunity cannot change. I will begin with a student's job hunt nightmare.  Huan’s Job Hunts Huan is a Chinese, who for her postgraduate studies at one of the prestigious universities in London. She read Graphics Design and Illustration in her first degree. She had 10 years of work experience in China before enrolling for her Masters in the UK. She completed her master’s with an excellent result, notwithstanding her struggles with the communicative English language. Of course, she had improved her writing, speaking, reading, and listening skills in the English ...

I was reading the famous play known as Lysistrata by Aristophanes when my friend appeared on a WhatsApp call. Her hair was unkempt.             ‘What happened to your hair?’ I inquired.             ‘I’m like Baba Yaga.’ She spoke.             ‘Who’s Baba Yaga?’ I asked. Then, she began to tell me the legend of this Slavic folklore. According to her, Baba Yaga is considered a superhuman creature with many attributes, of course ensconced by humans. Baba relishes the human adulations of her power and enigma. Baba Yaga has other three sisters who are also called Baba Yaga. In appearance, she appears misshapen and has bony legs and a nose that sticks out. She could be seen accessorized with a mortar and a pestle. She separated herself from humans and dwelled in the deep forest in a hut that stood on chicken legs. Being a puzzle t...

Table of Contents Fowls and Cockroaches Analogy  Thrasymachus on Justice Scapegoating of Justice Fairness and Impartiality Imagined Justice Implied Justice Conclusion I will begin this writing with an expression: ‘A cockroach cannot be innocent in the gatherings of fowls.’ Is this a ‘matter of fact’ or a ‘matter of statement?’ From experience, cockroaches are insects while fowls are birds and as such, the latter appear as predators of the former. Fowls can have cockroaches as food. The cockroaches before fowls are convicted, condemned, and eaten as food. That’s the way nature has planned it. If the fowls can talk, they will argue that it is justifiable to feed on cockroaches. But for cockroaches, it is not fair that they are condemned as food for fowls. No matter what they do, their innocence always turns out with a guilty verdict. For cockroaches, there is no justice. The expression above can also be a ‘matter of statement’ since it is an empirical declaration. You can either agre...

Table of Contents Diversity Society Nation Country Exclusivity   and Inclusivity Similarity in Difference In this writing, the aim is to examine the concepts or theories that describe the terms diversity or inclusion; and to freely discuss both terms as would any observer in any  society . Why? Because diversity is in every  nation  and  country . You can see that I have mentioned three terms that describe the ‘different aggregate of people living together’. They are ‘society’, ‘nation’, and ‘country’. These terms may seem synonymous; however, they differ in meaning. Their differences will help in understanding the objective of this writing. Just a warning. I do not claim to be a sociologist, ethnologist, or political scientist. I am writing as a free street expounder. As part of this exercise, these terms: society, nation, and country will be defined, and the definitions will help in the elaboration of the claim that: ‘diversity is intrinsically a given while i...

Table of Contents What is a Clan? Clan System in Igboland Umunna-Umuada Structure In the article,  Nigeria's Diversity and the South-East/South-South Peripheral Inclusions: Biafra's raison d'etre,  Igbo people, and territory were briefly discussed as embodied in the notional term, Biafra. I will refer readers to that article if they want to find out more about Igboland and its territories. In this article, my main concern is to discuss the clan system in Igboland as a long-established and commanding phenomenon. What is a Clan? Before moving any further, it will be relevant to give a few understandings of what clan means. What is a clan? According to R.N Sharma, “clan is a collection of ‘unilateral’ families whose members believe themselves to be the common descendants of a real or mythical ancestor.” Then Majumdar and Madan defined clan as: a combination of a few lineages and descents that may be ultimately traced to a mythical ancestor, who may be a human or ...

Audio – The Aesir vs the Vanir – The gods at war Table of Contents Introduction Norse Mythology The different deities under the Aesir Family The different deities under the Vanir Family Other deities Ullr Loki Conclusion Introduction ‘The gods at war’ is a phrase or statement I have chosen as a theme that will help me understand the claim about the many conflicts between the Aesir and the Vanir gods and goddesses. The Aesir gods and goddesses are Odin, Frigg, Höðr, Thor, Baldr, and Tyr. Then, the Vanir gods and goddesses are Njörðr, Nerthus, Freyja, Freyr, Óðr, Hnoss, Gersemi, Skírnir, Kvasir, Gullveig. There is Jotnar, the giant gods who are constantly warring with the Aesir gods and goddesses and they are seen as chaotic and destructive. Then comes Kvasir. According to Norse mythology, Kvasir is a creation borne from the mixture of the saliva of the Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses at the end of their wars. Kvasir is considered a wise god and he went up and down ...