Intelligence, growing up, school, reality
I saw the Best Exotic Hotel Marigold last weekend with a friend of mine, and if you can excuse the over-used stereotypes of India, it was a funny movie and[…]
Category: Culture and Society
Culture and Society · Naija Dude
What Do You Do When Your Car Breaks Down In Lagos?
…of all the bad things that can happen to a Nigerian motorist, from experience, I am positive that having it conk out on the road has to be the worst.
Analysis · Culture and Society · Health
FGM in Nigeria: Raze the Abattoirs of Clitoral Disgust
One case of a death from FGM and the fact that it is still prevalent calls for action against the perpetrators in the main but if the activity cannot be outlawed it must only be done under medical supervision.
Nigeria: Letting Our Children Live Like Dogs
We need to tackle an emergency that has our children live like dogs in the name of some higher but unconscionable goal.
One Language, Many Accents
Although I only speak one language, I am fluent in at least 3 accents. One of which can only be done in jest, behind closed doors. But I digress. The[…]
Grown-Up Love Affair
I started off writing this article with the intention to share the link between the love I have for Nigeria and the one shared between couples of arranged marriages; love[…]
On Madam Tinubu
Madam Efunroye Tinubu was among the most prominent and powerful Yoruba women in pre-colonial Nigeria (early to mid 19th century). Other renowned Yoruba women from that period were Iyalode Efunsetan[…]
Culture and Society · Naija Dude
Back When I Used To Live On Sesame Street
Looking back, I can attribute a lot of what I am now to simple lessons I learnt from back when I lived on Sesame Street. What lesson does this medium hold for Nigerian education?
Culture and Society · Politics
Is it unAfrican to be gay? The Nigeria case
As I write this, Shell has just admitted that thousands of barrels of oil have spilt in the Bonga oil leak, the worst Nigeria has seen in over a decade. Nigerian universities are currently[…]
Culture and Society · Literature · World Affairs · Writing
chimamanda adichie on the maid in the dsk trial
chimamanda adichie has a wonderful piece in newsweek, reposted in the daily beast, that asks whether the jury would have believed dominique strauss-kahn or his alleged victim, guinean immigrant nafissatou[…]