On the middle daughter
I have a new novel out this week: The Middle Daughter. It is a retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, set in Nigeria and the United Stat
Pretty Much Everything
Pretty Much Everything
Cash cows
I recently watched a video of a young woman living abroad, who was crying and lamenting that her brother in Nigeria, to whom she had been sending mone
On bigotry and ethnic jingoism
The last few weeks have been terrible to deal with on Nigerian social media. From the trending “Lagos is not a no man’s land”, which is basically a do
Marriage-for-tuition
Years ago, I knew a girl who was very smart. Not too long ago, I wondered what she had ended up doing and asked about her. Apparently, she made good g
The elections and the rhetoric of bigotry
My father-in-law, Rene, was born in Brussels. He lost his parents as a toddler in the early years of WW2, and was fostered by a family in a small Flem