Am I a feminist? What is your perception of my personality? I have had people ask me this question and I tend to answer differently. I often reply, “I am an African woman (lol…).” I know this might make no sense to you but that is my perception of my personality. Before going further to […]
I would say I have some loyal friends (smiles) who constantly read most of my writings. My co-authored publication with my friend (OLUWASEMILOORE ATERE) which was published in the Nigerian Tribune newspaper opened the floor for questioning. A friend contacted me and he said, “we need to talk.” Saturday came and we started our conversation
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One morning, I walked up to my mother to inform her of my desire to adopt a child when I am married: she exclaimed, “olorun o ni je, won bi iwona ni wa bi ti e (God forbid, you will give birth to your children as I gave birth to you). This my Nigerian mother
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I never got to know Pius Adesanmi before his demise. Not even through his books or social media handles. At his demise, I read Facebook posts that related Adesanmi’s displeasure over the height of mediocrity in Nigeria. I make bold to say that Nigerians enjoy mediocrity. It is a way of life. It is honey
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I am calling it by its name I know this is weird Awkward Irk . . . It sucks to see those bloodstains And calling it “period” Is too polite It makes it lack the essence of its true meaning During menstruation I go through hell When I am back It feels
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Our books lied to us. It made us unaware, uneducated, similar, inhumane, and unsympathetic. These adjectives describe how I feel about my secondary school biology class. Biology only taught me about two sexes: Male and Female; who possess unique chromosomes – XX (Females) and XY (Males). It, however, failed to educate me on individuals who
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In December 2016, I was one of The Platform (Nigeria)’s Young Professional Bootcamp (YBP) cohorts. During one of our sessions, a Human Resource expert said something that I held with me until date. He stated that it is unnecessary to add our families as connections on social media platforms. He went further to note that
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Do you know how to position yourself for your dream job even before you graduate? Then this post is for you. Nigeria is one of the most populated nations in the world with a population of about 200 million. This population provides her with a strong workforce which can through paid work increase the economic potentials
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I am not here to interrogate anyone, neither do I want to make anyone feel guilty about not being married or ready for marriage. I am only here to voice out my observations and assumptions. Really, it is not more than this. I make this an assumption because my observation might not be generalizable. I
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Determination: As early as age five, Michelle showed determination. In her kindergarten class, there was a colour quiz exercise that required each student to pronounce the names of colours on the manilla cards their teacher had with her. At Michelle’s turn, she struggled to pronounce the word “white.” But the two most brilliant students in
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