I don’t want to “become” a man. I am a man, I was born a man, just in the wrong body, unfortunately. ** I am a...
My life hasn't changed in any huge way. The most significant change I had was how I viewed having biological children. I've never wanted to have children all...
The realisation that some of the injustices we face may not happen if we were not queer. That's what makes me really sad. I suppose that's...
I don't think I spend a lot of my time thinking about how my life is different. I think I spend my time living my life...
First, one’s perspective of black tax matters a lot. I don’t view it as a responsibility. I see it as a privilege, and so I’m not bitter...
I'm all about protecting my mental health. They're my parents and everything oo, but, nobody should stress me. My mental health is important. Abeg abeg abeg....
At the beginning of 2019, the BellaNaija Features team resolved to pay closer attention to the younger demographic of its readers. With stories and feature series...
There’s a kind of satisfaction I get sending money home. It’s indescribable, really. That’s the best thing.
I'm just finally accepting that I have anxiety and it's getting bad, so how do you think that's working out? One of my biggest fears is...
We started naming books we enjoyed and think everyone should read as our book of the month back in January. Fiction, memoir, a collection of essays...
I like to say that Abuja reminds me a lot of Calabar in its calmness and serenity. Because of those similarities, my relocation was fairly seamless....
I remember reading a review about it on the author’s Instagram page. It made me anticipate the book, made me look forward to reading it. The...
Lagos has taught me how to hustle, how to make my money legit without doing anything bad. I am always on the move. It's either I'm...
In my opinion, everyone should read the Harry Potter series. It’s the book that changed the world, and it would be a deficit if not read.
I read I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi, too. If you have social media anxiety, then this is right for you. It basically explains what is...
Even as a teenager, I knew there was something different about her compared to the other girls. She had a mind of her own; she was...
The people in Lagos are less friendly and less kind; the pace, very fast; the housing, less value for so much money; transportation, not enough; healthcare,...
In Drunk, Jackson Biko tells the tale of Larry, a Kenyan man whose uninhibited propensity for alcohol consumption takes a disastrous toll on his life.
This Friday, on March 8, 2019, BellaNaija is joining the rest of the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is Balance For...
Someone, I think it was James Baldwin, once said we read so we can live other lives. (Don’t quote me on that.) Reading exposes us to other...
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