‘What are we turning into,’ Mary Njoku laments

Nollywood actress Mary Njoku has cried out claiming that everything in Nigeria has been reduced to just being content.

The actress on her Instagram page on Wednesday, noted the importance of Social media, but stated that it should not strip away our humanity.

“What exactly are we turning into?. Social media should be a powerful tool. Around the world, it has been used to rewrite narratives, to expose injustice, to amplify activism, to spark nation-building. It has united communities, toppled corrupt systems, and given a voice to the voiceless. But here at home, we seem to be using it differently. For us, the hunger for clout, for virality, for instant fame has started to cloud our humanity. It has drowned out empathy,” she wrote.

Njoku also expressed the need foe individuals to reflect before making a post out of someone else’s pain. She also stated that humans face a great risk of losing their humanity if caution is not exercised.

“Because what are we becoming, if every tragedy must first become a trending video? What are we becoming, if every cry is just background noise for someone else’s content calendar?. We must pause. We must breathe. We must search inside for the human we are at risk of losing. Before you type, before you record, before you upload , STOP. Please STOP and ask yourself: Am I amplifying humanity, or am I stripping it away? We are still human in this country… aren’t we?,” she asked.