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May 25, 2020

On Patriarchal Cultural Norms That Don’t Serve Women ft. Ola Bisi [Jopa’s Daughter] (I Am African Podcast #12)

The longer I live, the more I learn. When I was a child, there were so many things that were normal to me. Now that I'm older and wiser, I know myself a lot better, and I realize that some of the things I thought were normal were actually patriarchal cultural norms that don't serve women. I'd admit that I fell for some of them, and as I live and learn, I will continue to unlearn every norm that inhibits me. For this episode, my guest is Olabisi Ajai Layode. Do you know her? Let me tell you a Read More

May 20, 2020

May 18, 2020

On Remarrying After Divorce And Lessons Learned ft. Mercedes Okwukogu (I Am African Podcast #11)

Mercedes Okwukogu is a woman to be admired. In the past three weeks, Nigerian Facebook has been greatly shaken. On Ola Bisi's Facebook wall, she started sharing stories of women who are divorced. She used the hashtag, #DivorceNotStigma, and I was one of the women whose stories got shared. She reached out to me to share my story, and even before she reached out, I was planning on doing so anyway. Of course, my own story was already very public, so sharing a summary of it on Facebook was no Read More

May 13, 2020

I Don’t Know If I’ll Ever Remarry

Don't freak out yet, let me explain --- then you can freak out later when you find out why I don't know if I'll ever remarry. As you know, in December 2017, I walked out of marriage, and in 2019, I filed for divorce. My divorce became final in the same year. Actually, I'm currently excitedly counting down to my one-year divorsary. I totally just made that word up. If you haven't yet, you can read the story about how my marriage ended here. It's a long read, but it's worth it. So I've been told Read More

May 11, 2020

Why Women Endure Bad Marriages (I Am African Podcast #10)

Why-Women Stay In Marriages Verastic I Am African Podcast

Last week, I shared my marriage and divorce story again on Facebook, on Ola Bisi's Facebook profile page, as part of her #DivorceNotStigna series. It's a series of stories by women who walked out of their marriage and got divorced after enduring too much. But reading some of the comments, raised another question about why women endure bad marriages. So, of course, I am here to answer. Why Women Endure Bad Marriages You can also listen at any and all of the following Read More

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