“You promised! You said that you were blinded with your love for me and that you’d do anything! Even when I was skeptical at first you’d promised you’d always be there” she said between tears and hiccups.The one she’d left all for was going to leave her hanging. All the promises meant nothing, all the …
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 …
Are you running on pure vibes and inshallah? Are you the one who doesn’t really have a plan? Why am I in this situation with you too? Don’t you miss when life was simpler? When every question was a yes or no answer? This post is in no way here to inspire you. It’s just …
Jonathan McReynolds “move that over” is blasting into my ears as I write this.A lot of times we pray to Abba to take out somethings from our lives, but we’re never really prepared for how heavy that prayer is.When you’re asking Abba to remove a character flaw/ bad habit out of the way, he will, …