Misbahu El-Hamza

Aminu Ala, popularly known as Alan wak’a, a renowned Hausa musician who’s celebrated throughout Northern Nigeria and some part of the world even by academicians in various universities across the region released a song titled of which I think was “Bayi” (slaves), in one of his albums few years ago. In his style of integrating music in education, in it simple and catchy form, the song “ Bayi ” summarizes slavery in Africa and Northern Nigeria in particular, from time, to when it was outlawed in the early 20th century, it also highlighted and caution what it referred as “Modern Slavery!” In it, he advocated justice, good governance, humility and self reliance. The intent of this piece isn’t to write a review on Ala’s “Bayi” or to market his song but, a reflection of one thing it highlighted. Not withstanding, “Bayi” is educative and entertaining. To the main issue… In one of my Probability Theory classes, I have a student who, hardly can we finish the 2-hour period without her taking exc...

"Because of the consequences of morality and the consequences of immorality, the subject of morality becomes one of extreme importance" - Yasir Fazaga. It’s a natural human desire, a desire which is also a creation of God just as humans themselves. For everything that is created, there is a purpose. The pleasure and the intimacy resulted from copulation isn't the main goal but the outcome; a baby - procreation - God's natural intention of it. To keep it pure and sacred, bereft of shame and remorse, a universal law regardless of our faith and creed recommends it with the right person (we're married to), at the right time (perhaps the night the knot is tied, and those that follow) until death or circumstances do us apart. In fact, it is said that (in both Islam and Christianity) one earns a reward by satisfying his or her own personal sexual desire through the proper means. Naturally, there is nothing wrong with sex, per se. What is only despised and abhorred is th...