Thoughts of a minibus traveller

  Man talk Conductor shouts "Kitty" and I jump in front seat, say 'morning' to young driver. Black driver and coolie conductor and I take note because there are places apart from the PPP and the PNC where black men and coolie men work together in harmony and love. Commotion at the back as conductor trying to full bus and ask a woman to move to another seat. Woman refuses as she and the commotion escalates with the conductor shouting about this 'big woman want mek problems.' My neck hurting so I don't turn back and I just listen.  Driver muttering next to me as he driving and Christmas season road busy. The woman 'busing.. people in the bus muttering, laughing at some of the woman's insults, and comments about 'like she need spice'  Woman reaches her stop. The bus fare and other words exchanged between her and the conductor.  Woman has come out of the bus, but the driver and the conductor keep cussing the woman. Young black man to the young

    Nice men A man in his thirties kills himself and his wife.    My social media friends has a whole set of shock and condolences, disbelief.. for the man who was a nice helpful sociable man who was kind to many other people.    There are hints of 'she mussee do somethign fuh mek he trip out'..    Other nice polite men, helpful men, powerful men are abusers , but people still vote for them, put them as the leaders. The nice army man. The nice Minister of Health who people voted back in power. The nice President now Vice-President. The other Ministers and politicians and church leaders and business leaders and entertainers and activists for democracy and so on.   Some of the nice men join with President Ali's Men on Mission.   The University of Guyana hosted a forum on 2 December, 2022 to talk about men ending gender based violence.  The questions which they hoped the panel would answer included:   What role do you feel men should play in ending gender based violence? How d