THE woMAN
In my primary and secondary school days, the Nigerian economy was doing better than half of the world's economies, so many foreign professionals trooped to Nigeria and became teachers to eke a living. One fond memory of those days was when the pupils in my class were lined up by our Indian teacher, who asked each of us what we wanted to be "when we grow up". Almost everybody said: "Doctor" "Soldier" "Teacher" "Farmer" "Simple Servant" 🤣 One of the smallest girls in the class, Nwukabu Luka, answered, "Mother", and the whole class laughed at her. Now, this didn't register until I was in my final year at the university when my friends and I casually asked each other where we saw ourselves in 10 years, and almost all the ladies said, "married with kids" or just "in my husband's house". I have always assumed that any lady that is focused on marriage is shallow and without ambition. Tha...