Norah Owaraga

For my mental health I learnt to feel safe in my own company

As I grow older I am more at ease with the realization that I am not that good with group think. You know, the need to restrain yourself and bottle it up to comply with what is considered acceptable by societal norms. And so, I have become comfortable as a recluse; justifying it in the…

If I had a million dollars I would give it to researchers and public interest litigants

If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? The proportion of the ‘unwashed masses’ increases in this era in which inequality and primitive accumulation is celebrated, without due regard to the damage to fellow humans and our world in general. We need researchers to generate and disseminate empirical…

Attempting new cuisine and foods…

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. I learnt how to cook, African style, without recipes. You just learn the measurements by looking and doing. And after from eating what you cooked and the feedback you get from others who consumed what you cooked. You adjust accordingly. So, I never…

The makers of physical art are my favorite

Without those who make physical art, I would not have all these beautiful artifacts in my home that each day nourish my soul and contribute to my mental well being. The makers of physical art, therefore, are my favorite. Some of the physical art in my possession, I inherited from my ancestors gone. Made before…