Stories from the Sahara Desert

Yes! We came we cake tasted and we conquered  It wasn't  just cake tasting, there was fun and laughter  February began on a beautiful  note this year for the people of Maiduguri. Imagine having   seven mind-blowing cake varieties all in one plate.For cake lovers Debiraay's cake tasting event hosted by Desert queen fashion house,was like a dream come true as there were seven varieties  of cakes available to guest and who wouldn't  love to have a slice of their favourite Cake.The cakes were; 1.Rum Yum gateau 2.Red velvet Dulce 3.Double chocolate cake 4.Debiraay's lemon cake 5.Decadent chocolate cake 6.Vanilla cake 7.Debiraays cheese cake  According to a guest  He said "This is a great step forward ,the cakes are amazing and the concept  is exceptional "  another  guest said she loved all the cakes in her words she said with excitement in her voice"The cakes are lovely, the double  chocolate cake has a chocolate goodness and Debiraa

  I picked up my phone  today and since today is international  day of zero tolerance for Female genital mutilation(FGM) I decided  to join to spread the awareness using all my social media  platforms, even though  I thought  to my self that the people around me were well aware of the  consequences of FGM.  I knew that this was a common practice among the shuwa kanuri people  of Borno state.A friend  of mine recently  shared  with  me the result of one of his research and Out of 50cases of vesico vaginal fistula more than 50% were due to FGM.    I was shocked  when one of my contacts  responded  to my update on zero tolerance to FGM saying but I heard its good, She added my mum did it to me, my sisters ,and cousins  and we turned  out fine,she even  adviced my aunt to do it to her children. I was shocked, I didn't  expect  this from her, I thought  it was more common  with   people in rural areas  but I was wrong.For a lot of people  it is a culture  and despite  their educ