One thing that Nigerian parents are famous for doing is telling their children that there's rice at home whenever the children dare to ask for any food outside. It's never any other food that's offered but rice. Rice. Rice. Rice. I have spent a chunk of my life making fun of Nigerian parents, including mine, and now, I find myself as a said Nigerian parent. Does that mean that I can't make fun of Nigerian parents anymore? Well, I still plan on saying and doing some of the things that our parents Read More
Let Me Tell You How I Lost A $6,000 Contract Yesterday
I don't ideally write posts like this one, but I was so mad and so sad that I had to channel my emotions into a new blog post. So for the past couple of days, I have been going back and forth on a campaign for Verastic. The total payout would have been $6,000. At the current exchange rate of N340 per dollar, that would have been over two million naira. I was this close to closing the deal. This close. In fact, I had already calculated all the things I would do with my brand new six thousand Read More
Have You Seen Darey’s ‘Pray For Me’ Video?
I really am not usually a music video person, but lately, Igwe has been getting me to watch videos, and I have truly enjoyed some of them. Igwe put this video on a couple of days ago, and I was so moved. I cried my eyes out. It's Pray For Me by Darey, featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir. I'm shocked that it only has a little over a hundred thousand views. Nigerians, how far? As a child and as a parent, this video broke my heart. And that should be testament to how good it is. Generally, I Read More
Why I Married A Nigerian Man | By Fiona Keene
I am British by upbringing and Ugandan by birth. I get people all the time telling me that I am brave for having dropped everything as I knew from Jand and moving to Nigeria. Some people even thought they could have seen me with a white man or even a Ugandan man, but a Nigerian one? Definitely not. Growing up I used to go help my mumsi in the salon after school. There was always plenty gist about Nigerian men in particular, how corrupt they are. The discussion was always among other Nigerian Read More
Journal #16: April 2016
Welcome to May. April 2016, too, is now a thing of the past. How did your April go? I’m thinking that I did not do much in April, but we’ll know for sure by the end of this post. So let’s get to it: Listen To Your Mother: In the month of April, I attended my last rehearsal for this show, and in the week of the event, I was quite emotional. Then I went for the event, and honestly, I am still high from it. Standing there, telling my story and having people laugh and cheer and clap. Wow. Read More