Yesterday was a market day. The Kuto Market is specially packed to the brim every 5 days. Humans pour out from different angles, moving helter-skelter. Since I started plying the route, I have grown attached to every of the market days. It meant more faces to stare at, moods to observe and thoughts to provoke. […]
Rinu, Chioma, Tina, Safiyah and Rolake met at a women’s conference organised by AfriBank at Lekki six months ago. They were sitting in the same row, and during the meet and greet session they chatted and exchanged contact. Rinu is a Senior Associate with Ade, S.A.N & Co. and has been working with them since […]
Yaba, Oyingbo. Yaba Oyingbo. Wole pelu change o. O ni change ma w’ole o. A pudgy boy who looked to be in his teens hung at the entrance of the moving, yellow danfo bus. His white singlet was marked with brown and yellow stains, and his ragged blue jeans had faded into a greyish look. […]
How does one get inspired by dog poop littering the streetor by wearing a multi-coloured jumper?Who latches on to every word on street cornersor sucks from every symbol they see? Some wear jewellery; some tell its storyplain to the ordinary eye; a muse to the creative.It was just a couple holding hands, sharing a kissAnd […]
I’ve struggled to write this as much as I’ve struggled within me in the past few years and very recent months. To capture the degree of my struggle, I romanced with the idea of fictionalising my experiences so that it’s not too direct and personal. It was my way of wanting to detach. I wrote […]
I was first introduced to Khaled Hosseini on the 19th of March, my birthday. A friend got me A Thousand Splendid Suns as a gift. I actually got two books from two friends, so I settled for the other book as my first read. I started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns about two weeks after, […]
I’ve gotten the questions ‘how do you do it?’ ‘What’s the writing process like?’ on several occasions. So, this is how I do it, this is how I do it… (inserts musical notes emoji). Okay, jokes apart. I wish I could tell you that I have one particular way I engage with my creative process, […]
Wrap your arms around melike a blanket on a cold morningtuck me in your snug embraceyour warmth seeping through meLove me tenderly or love me not Fill me with your wordssweet, soft, and firmyour voice is the music I hearwhen life’s hard as a rockLove me tenderly or love me not The feel of your […]
Impostor syndrome is a paradox: others believe in you, you don’t believe in yourself, yet you believe yourself instead of them. If you doubt yourself, shouldn’t you also doubt your judgment of yourself? When multiple people believe in you, it might be time to believe them Adam Grant This is like a sequel to a […]
Warning: this is not for you if you’re a plagiarist You’re what you are—a classless thief, and you have to change your ways and be creative if you want to survive in the writing world. Stop stealing! Now to the real writers who are worth their salt, and are not afraid to burn their fingers […]