TEJU COLE’S SHORT STORY FROM RETWEETS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

P.S; First of all, I have to say this. I don’t know who I offended, but I have been trying to post this for like 9 days now. Its been war. Eyin familiar spirits. I bind you o. I initially thought about scrapping the post from my draft,  since it was sorta already old but…

THE SAKA DIARIES 1 (LEGAL ALIEN)

The following are real life events from a reader who has chosen to write under the pseudonym Saka. Enjoy the hilarious 1st part of a series to come. I looked around Muritala Mohammed International Airport, it was packed with hot smelly bodies. The air conditioning was either broken or not geared to handle the crowd…

Shaaki Is To Lagos What Ham is to London

It is cool that people get to go abroad to study or do business. It is also cool that people travel to experience the world, different cultures and appreciate them. What is not cool though is people getting back, and wanting the same culture or experience to happen in their home country.  Primary focus of…

IJEKUJE

During my recent Lagos trip, it was great to see all my friends I hadn’t seen in a while. Every one tried to take me to all the happening joints. Yellow Chilli, Coldstone, Buka hut, Debonairs pizza and even one coded bar like that in Ikeja that my friend Busola and I had to use…

PLATFORM DIARY

I havn’t blogged for a couple of weeks, was away in Nigeria. I went to attend a wedding, other events and also see friends. Remind me to tell you about the wedding later. Network wasn’t particularly friendly, so I decided to wait till I got back. I’ll give you all the gist that went down…