When beauty is measured in likes, what’s left of the girl beneath the filter? By Rhema Nwamadi  In a world where social media filters can turn insecurity into a trend, many young African girls are silently reshaping themselves, physically, emotionally, and mentally just to “fit.” Eating disorders...

By Chiamaka Ezeani, If you grew up in a Nigerian home with mental health issues, your childhood may have felt like a confusing mix of silence, fear, and survival. A typical Nigerian household is often built on strong values of tradition, faith, and discipline, but when it comes to mental health, there’s...

My mental health journey quietly began when I was about 15, though I didn’t have the language for it then. I’ve always been emotional, but in an environment that didn’t welcome emotional expression, I was often called “cringe” or told I was overreacting. Over time, I began to wonder if something was...

By Rhema Sometimes, healing doesn’t come from therapy rooms or long conversations. Sometimes, it’s found in a quiet room, in the gentle weight of a hand wrapping around yours just when your mind feels like it’s falling apart. This poem is about one of those quiet moments, where everything changed, not...

By Nwaoku Adanna On 14th June, 2025, the farming communities of Yelewata and Daudu in Guma Local Government Area, Benue State was turned into a killing field as suspected fulani herdsmen stormed the community and killed over 200 people, rendered families homeless, and traumatized survivors to an extreme...