HivePakistan Curation Compilation July 16, 2025

I've been thinking since yesterday about how to write this post. In a way, I don't want to sound preachy, but it seems almost inevitable that I will. It should be common knowledge by now, if you are a hivean to the core, that we ought to move away from just being a blogging platform. Again, I love blogs. I read them and write them every day. But we can't stick with a nine year old idea, thinking this is the way forward ...

Growing up, there were a lot of superstitious beliefs around me, like do not point your finger at a rainbow 🌈, hence your finger will fold until it reaches your chest 😊. Do not blow the whistle at night, you could invite a snake into your home. Do not sweep your house at night; you are inviting poverty unknowingly. Do not sing while carrying a bucket of water from the stream, and always make sure your bowl of water is filled to the brim while you fetch water from the stream, or else you will end up having a child in the future with very deep eye sockets 😂. These are just a few out of many superstitious beliefs I heard while I was growing up. As I grow older, I realize that some were just words from our elders to keep us in line in certain situations, due to the curious minds of kids ...

Omens exist all over the world, but it looks as if they exist more in Africa, especially in Nigeria. Although some are true, others are just myths to instill fear in our minds or bodies. While we were growing up, our parents told us that if dogs cry in the middle of the night until daybreak, that is a bad omen and something terrible was going to happen. I usually don't believe in it. Until my national youth service year in Ondo State. That's when I found out that it's not a myth but it's a true talk ...