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November 27, 2017

Let Me Tell You About My Daddy, The Dictionary Writer

How many stories have I told you about my daddy? I can't keep up anymore either. But today, there's a new one, and of course, it's funny as usual. My daddy is a great forgetter of almost everything. His medical practice seems to be the only thing he's good at remembering, and that's a relief. Back in Nigeria, every time mom and I travelled, we would come home to discover that dad had lost the keys to the house, and it was always through one of two ways: (1) He just did not know where he Read More

October 13, 2017

Flashback: Let Me Tell You About This Yoruba Girl, Tolu

If you read the title of this post and thought, hmm, I think I've read this before, then you are right. It's a story I wrote over two years old, however, there are new Sweet Potatoes who have never heard about the wonder that is Tolu, so I'm sharing her story again because no one should be denied of Tolu. And even if you have read about her before, today is Friday, and everyone needs a laugh, so read on. I remembered Tolu because I and a friend were discussing office etiquettes for Africans, and Read More

June 26, 2017

Let Me Tell You About The Man Who Tried To Buy Me With His Money & HIV Status

I once met a man who swore he was the one for me. I met him at the Nigerian church I used to attend. Let's call him Tunde. Tunde was a regular member of the church, and I knew nothing about him until we met. I don't remember all the details now, but I know he got my number from a mutual friend. I cannot say that we were "talking" per se because that would inaccurately describe what we were doing. I think when you say you're talking to a guy, it means there's at least some kind of interest or Read More

October 3, 2016

Let Me Tell You About Aunty Kola, The Tailor

I met Aunty Kola through my mommy. She's a sweet, soft-spoken, and very respectful Yoruba woman. Kola is not her real name. Aunty Kola was my mommy's tailor. And by virtue of that, she also became my tailor and my grandma's tailor. Aunty Kola was pretty good at sewing my mom's and grandma's clothes, but it was with my own clothes that issues always arose. I was also much younger then, so my style was not as defined as it is now, but even then, I knew that this could not be life. The problem Read More

September 8, 2016

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