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I was only five years old when my grandmother died one afternoon almost three decades ago. I remember my uncles speaking with my grandfather in hushed tones. And then when my mom and aunties were [...]

“The devil finds work for idle hands”. That’s how my siblings and I learned that rest was not just a “luxury we could afford”, but that indulging in it can get us in serious trouble. And we were [...]

Dear Edward Francis Small, Estelle Morris once said, “Politicians want to create an irreversible change because when they leave office, someone changes it back.” Every man in the shade today sits [...]

Grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us, the mirrors how to reflect us, and the walls how to contain us. Death is always at the door pacing forth and back waiting for an [...]

In this captivating and exclusive interview, we dive deep into the world of Britney Muoghalu, an exceptional Nigerian writer whose talent knows no bounds. Winner of the prestigious 2022 African [...]

Within the realm of our ancient city in Nkanu, my tribe – Obinagu-uwani – holds the faculty of sight in great regard. In the communities in Akpugo, we stood as custodians of a deep [...]

The guide tucked his feet into his black boots and strapped his binoculars around his neck by the fenced nursery at Number 1. He took me across Fenella Drive to the Ramsar Site with the woman who [...]

About 12 years ago, Professor Michael Sandel, in his Harvard Lecture on “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? The Moral Side of Murder” discussed the moral dilemma involved in taking particular [...]

I’m writing from the future; you can call it time travel. It’s two years later but your absence still lurks in my presence; that’s wherever I’m in attendance. My mother still says I look like [...]

In the late 1940s, the Egba and Abeokuta women were ordered to pay taxes by the British Colonial Government. This became shadows on their fleshes. Oba Ladapo Ademola II was the traditional ruler [...]