Society is Unkind to Older People
I do not want my parents to grow old. I want them to remain in their fifties, spry, bubbling with energy and stories and grit.…
Tag: Society
Memories, Unfulfilled.
I see kids. They have brown skin and coarse black hair and barely formed teeth. Their gums are the biggest part of their mouth. They’re…
I Have A Thing
I have a thing, for the makossa, for heavy bass chords and throaty lyrics, for percussions that echo my heartbeat and the whine of my…
To Learn Lagos
Lagos teaches you lessons, whether you’re ready for them or not. It offers no sympathy for the slow to learn, allows the quick to learn…
A Lagos Bus Conductor.
“ko de ni da fun iya è, eran oko, abi o tin yawere?” This man wears a purple Ankara print, shirt, and trousers folded to…
AN ODE TO FOOD
There’s many uses for food: to be savoured, to be eaten, to combat grief and loneliness, to drown out hateful comments. Food for the…
WEDDINGS ARE FOREVER
Nine months after they said “I do”, her husband left. It was a destination wedding, the wedding of the year, they had called it. People…