REED EMPIER

25/12/2025

I'm embracing a fresh year of opportunities and experiences

08/12/2025

I've been seeing news about the Akwa Ibom State government arresting Ekpo masquerades, a cultural symbol as old as the Ibibio people themselves.

But it made me ask one simple question:

If Ekpo must be arrested, then what exactly is Father Christmas?

Strip away the foreign packaging and commercial smiles, Father Christmas is also a masquerade: costumed, masked, and performing publicly during a festive season.

Yet last I checked, Christmas and Father Christmas are not indigenous to Africa, not even to Akwa Ibom.
So if Ekpo, an original cultural heritage, is a “nuisance”

I’m patiently waiting to see the governor arrest Santa Claus too.

Because sometimes, the real masquerade isn’t the one dancing in the village square, it’s the society ashamed of its own identity.

©️ ~ Emmanuel Ozioma Iwuegbu

14/11/2025

Am just a talior and it won’t be bad if you make me your plug 🔌

27/04/2024

Ladies please if u want to marry
Marry someone with good surname
Which one is Grace Onuamu

09/04/2024

E get as you go wicked reach, things will be going well for you makachi😔😔 I swear

09/04/2024

U are a lady
No education
No handwork(skills)
& U said you're ready for marriage, what are u going there to do?

09/04/2024

DNA Test na N1.4M, omo the truth na for the rich o, just rest the truth is never for the poor if you poor just accept that pikin.

29/03/2024

29/03/2024

🧒 When Adam told all animals to respect us,did mosquito attend the meeting 😲

22/03/2024

Female bestie with good and caring heart needed abeg