The Learner

Muhsin Ibrahim @muhsin234 Religion is a single thing that many Nigerians, in whatever dispensation, hold in high esteem. Religion is often viewed as the opium for the subjugation of the masses or as their Achilles’ heel. To Rahama, the story is different; religion means nothing to her. It is simply an identifier that she’s a Muslim lady. One might think that having grown up in a multi-religious house would intuitively teach her to have some respect for religion, but that is wrong.  Her  Imams  and  pastors  do not use the Qur’an or the Bible. A 28-year-old, stout Rahama Tsoho belongs to a disreputable family of three. Her father, an ex-serviceman, divorced their mother when she was only two. She stays with the father, her sister with the mother. She had longed to marry since her teenage years, but she couldn’t. She always attributes this to her look and family. So she vows to live a better life in the future, by hook or by crook, and begins using high...