Did you know that Afghanistan has reopened its universities? Guess who is not allowed in? Yep, women. How about what’s happening in Iran? …

Growing up, the comedy I watched was mostly of Basket Mouth, Clint the Drunk and other Nigerian comedians at their night of a thousand laughs show Do you remember? Did you watch them too? My parents kept CDs of them, alongside CDs of Michael Jackson’s songs , Celine Dion and…

Here are the 3 ways to enjoy Black Panther 2 as a Nigerian living in Nigeria

Warning: Spoilers inclusive! The shorter version of this story tells of how an elite number of female warriors successfully defended the Dahomey Kingdom from the hands of the Oyo Kingdom. It is as simple as this. However, held to a closer lens we see that it is a story of…

I You It is her body that wakes you up. It is past two, all is quiet and still except for your heart, giving rhythm to your worries. …

My earliest experience of the power religious leaders held over their followers was in primary 5. We had these extra lessons because some of us were trying to get into Federal boarding schools (at least till the Government at the time decided that they wanted to cancel Jss1-3 and go…

I — There’s running water where our girl lives. In the sink in the bathroom, she sometimes leaves the tap on, allowing water through her pores, between her fingers, and down the sink, away from her grasp. She has also tried to catch water, on many occasions. To trap it in her…

For everyone who has helped me arrive here. 25. The husband says I am obsessed with getting old. My first instinct is to object and defend myself, to deny this ‘accusation’ so placed upon my humble self. But he goes on to plant a kiss on my cheek, and say…

For Salim, and for Marjaan. And for the fears that we share. May they not come to pass. Over the years, I have learnt, that it isn’t an absence of fear that makes one courageous. …