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Last month, I went on vacation – and one of the places I visited was the Yosemite National Park in California. It’s one of the most...
“Why can’t you be more agreeable?” “Less dramatic?” “More patient?” “You know, you’d go so much further if you weren’t so opinionated!” “A woman doesn’t act...
My father had a car when I was a child. It was black; a Volkswagen Beetle, and totally bad-ass. I remember being fascinated by a contraption...
“You write pretty well. But why do you want to do PR?” “I really don’t know anything about PR, but I read Temi Ogunsanya’s column in...
The first time I saw Chude Jideonwo, he was on television; a fifteen year-old boy talking about a new book he had just written and published...
When I was a child, say about 6 years old, my dad took the whole family to the beach – Bar beach if I remember correctly....
Today March 8, 2014 is International Women’s Day. It’s officially the global day that celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and...
1998 It’s about 7.30pm. The weather is hot, there’s no electricity, and for some reason, we are in the hostel. I can’t remember why – maybe...
The faint trickle of blood from her nose pools beneath what used to be a luxurious mane of black hair. All that’s left now of those...
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