Last Last by Burna Boy. It had been 87 days of love, pain, turmoil, tears, laughter, joy and a heavy sense of trepidation. I had wanted life and peace and the things that come with love. I had gotten a mixed box instead. I had not only bitten off this forbidden fruit. I had taken […]
al final la vida no tiene sentido
You will grow up and realise that you may have to try some things out before you decide that you do not like them. People would tell you there is nothing there. Don’t have frogs. There is no joy in it, I promise. But you won’t listen. So you will rescue an ungrateful frog in […]
Ogbomoso.
Sonia: No blog post today? This is the blog post. Mayowa: Ogbomoso… Wow. How is it like . It is like wondering why everyone is so slow. Why is no one moving fast? Why is the shuttle stopping and the old woman is not rushing to catch up and everyone is so relaxed? Why are […]
On Love and Other Doings
On Love. I am a lovey-dovey person. I love love. I love romance. Hugging the one you love, kissing them, all of that. Beautiful things, if you ask me. I am also a very fluid person, especially when it comes to emotions. This means I can get very attached to someone I like real quick, […]
To Those We Lost
I am writing this because of two reasons. The first is that earlier this month, Tolu said we should talk more about failure. I have never been one to shy away from failure. I even embrace failure sometimes but her tweet reminded me of what needed to be done. The second reason is that I […]
To Him Who Believes…
Mark 9:23 NKJV Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Before Facebook became Meta, before Mark became Metalokan, before he started restricting my accounts on Instagram and asking me to send mugshots (pictures which must not see the light of day or else I shall be […]
Serenity.
I must not be in Lagos this weekend. I had never hated a place the way I hated Lagos last weekend and I did not even know why. I just knew that I was done. It was Friday and I was closing for the week at work when one of my colleagues asked me what […]
On International Women’s Day 2022.
It matters. It matters that we have days like this that are focused on specific issues or subjects. It is not redundant or unnecessary or a waste of time. It is not a distraction from the main issue. In fact, I think it is a way of attracting us and drawing our attention to the […]
Decembers.
I think I finally concluded that I was going to reopen this blog late last year. Before then, it was always a 50-50 thingy. Should I do it? Should I not do it? Should I just keep it up and not post? What would I post? Would I write personal essays? Would I post my […]
The Heart of Darkness.
Dear Pepe, The Why. In 1899, Joseph Conrad wrote a book called The Heart of Darkness. It would go on to be one of the most important books in modern history – but most of it was a lie. It was a story that showed what Europeans thought of Africans. Only that, these thoughts were […]