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Stand­Tall presents some blogs she finds interesting.

Blo­gos­phere has pro­vided a great oppor­tu­nity for all of us to bring to the table dif­fer­ent views, ideas, projects or pas­sion. It is a won­der­ful thing to get here and see dif­fer­ent blog­gers talk­ing about what they are pas­sion­ate about. What they find enter­tain­ing, the music they find inter­est­ing, the change they wish to see, the fun they want to trans­fer to oth­ers, the prob­lems they want resolved…

Blog­ging has blessed me in so many ways; it has helped me dis­cover tal­ents, change mak­ers, and it also helped me to be updated on what is going on around the world. Here, I present some of the blog­gers I reg­u­larly read.

Sokari is a pub­lisher at Black Looks. A visit to her blogs clearly tells you that she is an activist and she is good at what she does. She is a human right advo­cate who believes that the rights of LGBT, chil­dren and women should be respected and pro­moted. She relent­lessly talks about the need for African devel­op­ment with a strong focus on Nigeria.

Nai­jablog is one infor­ma­tive blog I like to visit. It shows the con­fi­dence of a write who knows, and has a lot to say, about what is going on in Nige­ria. There is always up to date infor­ma­tion about polit­i­cal sit­u­a­tions in Nige­ria, Art and Cul­ture, event pro­mo­tion and any other con­tem­po­rary issues.

Vera Ezimora, who recently started a “talk radio”, is a lady whose work I admire. She talks about her per­sonal life; she brings to the table her day to day expe­ri­ence with a not so seri­ous but dra­matic tone. She is a dar­ling of a lot of blog­gers with noth­ing less than 50 com­ments per post. This is a lady who can turn tragedy to com­edy in a way that it will not lose it true mean­ing but you wont feel so bad read­ing it. She is gifted, she is truly Niger­ian and she is some­one whose work I am proud of.

Solomon­sy­delle runs 2 blogs, one focuses on her fam­ily life as a mother of 3 and she uses the blog to seek advice for peo­ple that are in one fix or the other. She calls the advice col­umn “Talk To The Eas­ier Crew– TTTEC” . Her sec­ond blog Nige­ri­an­Cu­rios­ity focuses on devel­op­ment issues mostly from a Niger­ian per­spec­tive. She brings updates on polit­i­cal issues in Nigeria.

Sug­ar­belly is an entre­pre­neur. she owns a T-shirt lines and her blog talks about dif­fer­ent issues that might be con­sid­ered con­tro­ver­sial but very rel­e­vant. She defends Nige­ria where nec­es­sary, she crit­ics where nec­es­sary and she is not afraid to speak her mind. I love the con­fi­dence of this blog­ger and her bold ways.

Linda Ikeji’s blog just like Bella Naija’s is a total pack­age. You find undi­luted and detailed infor­ma­tion on enter­tain­ment, fash­ion and other con­tem­po­rary issues on her blog. I often won­der if she lives on the inter­net as I can’t beat the rate at which she gath­ers infor­ma­tion and shares it.

Freeflow­ingflorida [FFF] started another blog this year. The focus of her new blog is to invite con­trib­u­tors that can share their life expe­ri­ence with oth­ers. Dif­fer­ent sto­ries have being told by preg­nant women. You will be struck by what it feels like to have a new life grow­ing inside you, the pain, the joy and all. I love this ini­tia­tive of hers. With time as I believe, there will be more per­sonal expe­ri­ences other than that of preg­nancy to be shared on her new blog.

What fas­ci­nate me about Ore’s blog is the dynamic way she blends art, nat­ural hair, fem­i­nism with the expe­ri­ence of mov­ing back to Nige­ria. It is also inter­est­ing to read her tips and curios­ity about nat­ural hair.

Ms. Cat­walq is a film critic and pro­ducer. She often does a review of movies in one of her 2 blogs, dis­cov­er­ing new films to get down with or the ones not to waste time with, makes vis­it­ing her blog inter­est­ing. She was one of the fic­tion writ­ers at 14thandserenity

I am usu­ally fas­ci­nated by the inspi­ra­tion I get from Aloted, Jaycee, Rita and Write­f­reak. These 4 blogs make you want to love God, they make you want to bask in His glory at all time.

What makes these blogs a beau­ti­ful col­lec­tion is the fact that their focuses vary. It def­i­nitely helps to have a vari­ety to what one reads.

Stand­Tall