I was in Nigeria recently as guest reviewer at the public presentation of a book authored by my friend, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada. I left Nigeria convinced that unless we have a collective jihad, Goodluck Jonathan may very well decide to sleep his way through four years of blissful status quo – and, possibly, another four years after that since he has already carefully begun to fly the kite of his second term – and nothing, absolutely nothing, will happen.

As a young African woman, I have always wondered why it seemed like African men were so unwilling to indulge in public displays of affection (P.D.A) so when I got the opportunity to write this article I was excited to take the journey into the mind of the Average African man to find out.

Today we launch a new hub called “Palava Hut”. In Africa the Palava Hut is traditionally a small thatched roof hut where villagers engage in stimulating discussions and conversations, and disseminating information.