EDITORIAL CARTOONS . POLITICAL COMIC STRIPS
A
struggling cabbie was assailed with slaps and insults by a high-handed
politician. A lot of heat was generated
in the social media world where the majority thought he should seek redress.
But in
our world, he knew he would be expected to grin and bear his ordeal with equanimity,
while, on the other hand, his well-placed assailant would be expected to pervert
the course of justice, or get a slap on the wrist.
Thus,
knowing there are a lot of hurdles a man of his class would have to overcome to
obtain justice, our cabbie friend jumped at the offer to exchange the pursuit
of the case with financial and material reparations from his assailant. Wise
man!
It is the International Day of the Girl Child today.
The cartoon below was first published in West Africa Magazine, in January 2001 under my weekly page, Watching Developments.
It was
reissued in 2011, the year the UN declared October 11 as the International Day
of the Girl Child, “to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls
face around the world”.
What’s in a title? Usually,
a title is used before your name to show your status or profession. But we covet
them for other reasons. We’ve come to realise that titles like: Prof, Dr,
Chief, High Chief, Engineer, Architect, Barrister, Pastor, Evangelist, Alhaji,
look good before our names to boost our ego, esteem and for self-promotion or
to commit fraud. So, we go to any lengths to acquire them. Some even purposely adopt
these titles as nicknames with the intention that with time they can be assumed
earned or legit.
Of course, this is without any prejudice to the rights of individuals who earn their titles and use them correctly.
