Travel stripped away my assumptions and revealed a pattern: humanity shares an ancient instinct to protect what is precious from unseen harm. From Igbo traditions to Hebrew scripture, from Indian weddings to Mediterranean amulets, the symbols differ but the message is the same, attention is powerful,...
When Hendrie and I started dating, people warned me to “make sure he was going to marry me”, because apparently, no decent Igbo man would marry a woman who had “frolicked with an Oyinbo.” I laughed then. I laugh now. From Bonny Island to Dubai, Cairo to the...
Travel stripped away my assumptions and revealed a pattern: humanity shares an ancient instinct to protect what is precious from unseen harm. From Igbo traditions to Hebrew scripture, from Indian weddings to Mediterranean amulets, the symbols differ but the message is the same, attention is powerful, envy is real, and vulnerability invites both love and hostility.
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Travel stripped away my assumptions and revealed a pattern: humanity shares an ancient instinct to protect...
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When Hendrie and I started dating, people warned me to “make sure he was going to...
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