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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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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