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Woman, Never Forget Yourself
Choose not to forget yourself and your accomplishments. Don’t forget other women and their work.
Never forget yourself.
We are wired to forget our grandmothers, mothers, sisters, and daughters, and we rarely forgive them for their mistakes. Be conscious and work very hard, never forget yourself. And don’t forget Stacey Abrams and her work.
My friend’s father left Nigeria for London when she and her four siblings were under seven years old. Her mother worked as a teacher in the morning and as a Mama-put at night to put all her children through school.
According to my friend Ada, their family became poor because her father overstayed in the UK. Even worst, everyone in their church shunned her mother because she was a single mother.
Ada recently bought a Mercedes-Benz for her father and proudly told me how her father loved the vehicle. I was curious and asked her, “what vehicle does your mother drive?” She stared at me and tried to explain herself. Ada is a feminist with a brilliant mind, and she doesn’t like fancy cars.
Rosa Parks sat in a bus that sparked the Civil Rights movement, and she rarely remembers internationally. I’ve yet to attend Rosa’s conferences on Main Street or Wall Street. My colleague…
