Search


Meet my muse
Through the many months of writing, this image kept me focussed. Produced by my very talented niece, Naomi Wright, it embodies the...
Mar 16, 20241 min read
16 views
0 comments

I'm back!
It has been well over a year since I last posted. 2023 was a tough year for me, filled with multiple major surgeries interspersed with...
Mar 1, 20241 min read
18 views
0 comments
Here's a short story for Black History Month. Enjoy!
Dapo shuffled into the dingy apartment, flicking on several switches as he passed by, before sinking into a soft chair. Pulling off his...
Oct 22, 20229 min read
104 views
1 comment
Happy Black History
Happy Black History Month! It has been a while since I posted. Life has been busy and I have started writing again, a bit of historical...
Oct 8, 20221 min read
29 views
0 comments
Just Be
Its been four months since my memoir was published and what a whirlwind it has been. I am not alone. Brethren who feel or felt as I once...
Nov 27, 20212 min read
93 views
0 comments
Mama Yaba (Bonus Story 2)
It was time to pay another visit to my neurotic great aunt, Mama Yaba, and for some unfathomable reason, Mum wanted me to take my...
Sep 1, 20215 min read
93 views
0 comments
Adventures on the Road (Bonus story 1)
School holidays created an opportunity to travel to my dad’s hometown Ijebu-ode, the capital of Ijebu land, an area northeast of Lagos....
Aug 25, 20217 min read
44 views
0 comments


Memories are made of these: Part 5
The Pepper Grinder One of the most fascinating members of my extended family was my great aunt, nicknamed Mama Yaba, after the busy Lagos...
Aug 18, 20213 min read
43 views
0 comments


Memories are made of these: Part 4
The Grater Image courtesy of Dooney’s Kitchen https://dooneyskitchen.com I grew up in a culture that expected girls to do most of the...
Aug 11, 20212 min read
62 views
0 comments


Memories are made of these: Part 3
My Coal Iron At the age of nine, I left home for boarding school. Everything I took with me was brand new, including a sparkling coal...
Aug 4, 20212 min read
49 views
0 comments


Memories are made of these: Part 2
My Portmanteau As the Nigerian civil war drew to a close, my parents stopped home-schooling me and sent me to the local primary school....
Jul 28, 20212 min read
38 views
0 comments


Memories are made of these: Part 1
Trunk Boxes Image courtesy of Logicline Trunks https://www.storagetru nks.co.uk/ My parents returned to Nigeria from England in the...
Jul 21, 20211 min read
41 views
0 comments


The silver lining
The first lockdown in March 2020 was an unexpected opportunity to knuckle down and finish the memoir I started writing in 2005. Yes it...
Mar 9, 20211 min read
131 views
2 comments