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Diasporian on April 10th, 2011
On the few occasions I have been privileged to attend a Nigerian-Caribbean wedding, I have always been fascinated by the similarities in culture, the colour of the occasion and the beauty of the people. But never did I imagine that one day it would [...]
Read More My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - Final
Diasporian on April 7th, 2011
My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - 2
For me, the day started on the wrong note.
I was late, and I conveniently blame the damn laptop. It was an afternoon wedding, which suited me just fine. But, like the vast majority of [...]
Read More My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - 2
Diasporian on April 4th, 2011
My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - 1
Before una get the wrong impression, let me make it abundantly clear that I’m not one of those to get too sentimental about these kind of things. Come on, I’m a guy. A Naija guy. Not only [...]
Read More My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - 1
Dipo Adesida on April 4th, 2011
I hate weddings.
Not the institution but the ceremonies built around it.
I mean, the first miracle Jesus ever performed was at a wedding…and that should have sent a signal to humanity that no matter how hard people try, something would always go wrong at [...]
Read More You may kiss the Bride… muah
Idoko Ojabo on March 9th, 2011
Syn is tailing the taxi carting his mother and his brother. The taxi driver seems an expert in penetrating through the hold-ups. Syn is trying so hard not to lose sight of the taxi. There is no way he was going to let his [...]
Read More LUST FOR ITALY
JAY'S PLANET on February 27th, 2011
The sun smiled with intense pride, a very hot afternoon. Outside, a hen basked on the carpet grass, together with two of her seven chicks. I think she was teaching them something. And they seemed to enjoy the weather.
I picked up a broken [...]
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Johnson Bankole on February 4th, 2011
She was already up at 4.05 am, though the alarm clock was set to go off at 4.15. Ronke was so desperate in getting a permanent placement at Saint Joseph’s Hospital. She only slept for about four hours during the night. The rest was [...]
Read More A Brief Reunion
howyoudey on January 6th, 2011
Okon Itiaba stumbled out of the black Ford Taurus sedan and then quickly steadied himself. A couple of passers-by approached him as if to offer assistance. He smiled reassuringly and then waved them off.
He slammed the door of the sedan shut behind him [...]
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Naija Mum on December 12th, 2010
I no fit tell you The things wey I don do Since I leave there, To come here To this land of Oyinbo. I no fit tell una The places wey I don waka, Or the insult wey I don hear Since I land here For this land of Oyinbo. - [...]
Read More Big man abroad
Dipo Adesida on December 2nd, 2010
‘Hi. My name is Dapo. Ibidapo William Adesida’
That was my Father.
He was perhaps the baddest guy in south western Nigeria at the time.
He wore a trench coat, kept a beard and smoked a pipe.
Ibidapo William Adesida had swag…even in the [...]
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Abisola on November 15th, 2010
Tonight she had prepared his favourite dish of Amala and gbegiri soup. Not the traditional gbegiri soup but the one the rich people that lived in big houses and owned big cars ate. The kind that was filled with all sorts of assorted meat, [...]
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