I laugh anytime I hear people say fat is just a word, and not an insult. I laugh in orobo. This post is prompted by something I read few weeks ago on weight and being fat in Nigeria. Now, fat is not necessarily a bad word, but it also is. Why? Because of what the …
The heat embraces us immediately we exit the bus. We cross the road while my mum and aunty speak rapidly about how busy the market will be. The first thing I notice is how the UBA building stands out as a landmark in the market. We don’t make it past before we’re assaulted by a …
As we stand to buy tickets, a woman picks her nose absentmindedly unaware of the people who have time to stare. “The queue is long oo. Before anyi e nweta bus nta- before we get a bus today” my mum says to my aunt and I. We move to the line of sweaty bodies who …
How do I get better at this?How do I write more?How do I create more?How do I get my akara to look this way?💀Guys, there’s no special hack for anything! The only hack is to continously do!Everyone started from the bottom till whatsoever level they are at that you’re aiming to be at now. No …
Hey guys. How are you? How’s this lockdown treating you? Like Moe would say, how are you keeping?I’m okay. I just got assigned a project supervisor, so guess who finally feels like she’s in final year?👏🏾😂😂So, yesterday was Friday, which meant #SGIT day. If you don’t know, that’s Skinny Girl in Transit. I love that …
“How is today even Friday?” is the one question that I’ve been asking myself all day. It was just Sunday yesterday and here we are 💀. So, there’s something that has been sitting in my drafts for a while now, and today we’re going to talk about it. It’s basically about how you really can’t …