Opinion
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LONDON LIES, LAGOS CHILLING.
You know those people that go to America for one month and then on their return home suddenly start calling Police men – The Feds? As in, our stand-on-the-road-munch-groundnut-and-beg-for-50naira-policemen. Feds. Running down everything about Nigeria while attempting to be an IJGB. You literally just want to slap them and say c’mon will you adjust right…
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You Shouldn’t Eat Too Much…Really
I have found that one of the things that irks me the most is people who eat too much. I don’t often talk about it because compared to other things that upset people like stealing or lying, eating too much sounds rather unserious and insignificant, so I find myself asking if it is really that…
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MALE SUPREMACY NONSENSE; Accra Airport Diaries
Last week, I came across a certain misguided man, and after my encounter with him, I pitied his wife mostly, who I imagined must have such ill luck, and burdensome task of living with such human. It is for this reason alone that I refrained from calling him foolish after he exhibited the mysoginist side…
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FEBRUARY BOOK REVIEW: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
To start off, I must say that I am glad no character in this book had to go to America to make it a complete, good story. Author; Khaled Hosseini (Afghan American) Genre; Fiction Novel Publisher and Year of Publication; RiverHead Books. May 22, 2007 My Copy; Bloomsbury Number of Pages;384 Copies Sold; More than…
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I SPEAK VERNACULAR
There is a bubble we speakers of the English language live in I am about to burst with my pen, or keypad in this case. I remember an incident that occurred when I was much younger. We were watching The Miss World pageant in our living room, the one that Agbani Darego won, and a…
Tope Owolabi 