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- Mar 16
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 1
- 1 min
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...
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- Oct 22, 2022
- 9 min
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...
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- Oct 8, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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- Aug 25, 2021
- 7 min
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....
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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