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You are better off with the hyenas you know

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I came across a clip of a Kenyan woman warning fellow women against falling into the traps of these tall, dark and handsome men, especially from West Africa.

Wait, did I say tall and dark? No I meant short and artificially brown! The woman’s friend had allegedly met her ‘Mr. Right’ on a dating site. It was not the first case I came across of men from this region sweeping our women off their feet before sweeping their accounts as well. I will not judge these men, and neither will I judge our women, but I will just sit here holding my chin in my palms wondering why we never learn.

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