Enitan Doherty-Mason
Articles by this Author
I Bought a Book on Etiquette Today
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 05/8/2008
- Miscellaneous
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Child worship and self advertisement among Nigerian parents are definitely on the rise while common sense and good manners are on the decline…
The Catholic Mission House Boys
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/24/2007
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
What kind of woman does not like being pursued by men? It was not as if she was a virgin. She already had a child that she spoke of but had not even bothered to bring with her. She was probably one of these wayward women...
Pages in Life: Mama Bookworm (2)
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/24/2007
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
As a young child, constantly watching and hearing my mother's pain as she struggled with trying to raise five children from a bad marriage with little help, I learned to be quiet and somewhat withdrawn in public...
The World is Full of Habibas: Responding to feedback on Habiba's Story
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/18/2007
- Miscellaneous
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I hope that Habiba’s story returns power and dignity to those young girls, women, and boys who have had to live through a similar horrific experience...
Pages in Life: Mama Bookworm
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/16/2007
- Arts & Reviews
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When people have vastly different values, it is easy to confuse being principled with being difficult. My mother was a highly principled person. She often saw things as clearly right or clearly wrong, in a country where poverty and greed had made both concepts one and the same...
Habiba’s Story
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/13/2007
- Miscellaneous
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He told me that if I let him show me how much he really likes me and I get pregnant he would marry me and give me lots of gifts. I do not want to get married. I do not want to be pregnant. I do not want to have a baby. I am too young...
Under The Lizard’s Belly
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 04/10/2007
- Miscellaneous
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"At least my son still eats the food you cook. My son has not once asked you to cook for his new wife. Be glad that he has not brought his concubines home to live with you..."
The Not So Subtle Art of Begging
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 03/8/2007
- Introspective
- Unrated
I have always thought that begging was what people in dire need resorted to when there was absolutely no other recourse. I thought it was something done quietly and humbly out of necessity. I am finding that this is not always the case...
When Reality Hits the Road and The Road Ends at my Door: Ramblings of a Middle Aged Aunt
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 03/7/2007
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
Today it is my time for thinking about my own child, my nieces, nephews and other younger relatives I have acquired by blood ties or through friendship. I wonder what the future holds for them. I wonder…
Pages in Life
- By Enitan Doherty-Mason
- Published 11/13/2006
- Arts & Reviews
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My father's only moment of embarrassment arose when I asked him about a near miss gun shot at my mother. He stated that it was never meant for my mother but rather for a sinister target he thought he observed at that time. My mother thought otherwise...
