Stories

February 28, 2019

People, You just never know sometimes…

“Happy Wednesday!” I was hailed as I passed Charlotte in one of the numerous hallways at work. Really? We’d started on the same day and trained […]
August 8, 2018

Practicing Theory: Juggling Alaga Duties

Time and again, I write about Yoruba culture so, I felt I knew enough to be an Alaga Ijoko/Iduro at a Yoruba engagement ceremony.  I read […]
June 23, 2018

When Hope Ends

Failed bar exams. Went into business with a best friend. Great idea to make loads of money. Swindled. Fake police, no justice. Girlfriend left in disgust. […]
June 2, 2018

The Gamer’s Grind

“Jump the crate!  Jump the crate,” I said.  But the foolish boy let the soldier fall and die.  “PHUNnnn.”  Then his mother frowned at me and […]
April 26, 2018

Row Faster: A Parable about Leading my People

The desert was encroaching on Shabi while the land on the other side of a crocodile-infested river was lush and green.  Thus, a group of intrepid […]
June 12, 2017

Stories that shaped my life: Sugar Girl by Kola Onadipe

I read Sugar Girl by Kola Onadipe in Primary Three or thereabouts. A well-crafted story about Ralia, a young girl who goes on an adventure away […]
June 1, 2017

Stories that shaped my life: So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter, tells the story of Ramatoulaye, a middle-aged woman whose recently deceased husband had married her daughter’s best friend.  Written as a […]
May 9, 2017

Money or Money Education

One day, a young lady on her way to work passed by two beggars. She stopped and looked at them, not because they were beggars because […]
March 13, 2017

Shh… I saw the Orò Masquerade

We were sitting in Grandma’s living room in Ijẹ̀bu Igbó. Grandma and I were shelling ẹ̀gusi kennels while Dad and Taiye, my twin brother, were looking […]
March 7, 2017

Popo Trouble (Excerpt from Renike comes to America)

Deep in thought, Renike clomped determinedly to the bus stop from the Faji’s subdivision. The rain had just taken a breather and would probably start again. […]
February 21, 2017

Every Girl’s Cinderella Dream, NOT

The prince comes from a faraway kingdom (or from down the street which is kind of the same since he’s as wealthy as Cinderella is poor). […]
February 16, 2017

Ìfẹ́: Loving the Yoruba Way

Love in Yoruba culture is playful on one hand and serious on the other. Love consists of afẹ́rí and ojúṣe. Afẹ́rí, the closest form to romance, […]
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