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The faceless ones
The busy food market on Diya Street sits just before the popular New Garage Bus Stop Gbagada, a relatively quiet…
Jo Brand: My family values
The comedian talks about the effect of her father’s depressive illness on her childhood and how he burned all her…
A lesson on having a fixed mindset
My friend narrated how she learnt an extremely sobering lesson on the above subject recently. Until then she had…
This year, I’m choosing themes over resolutions
I’m often excited and grateful to see a new year - being a Nigerian, there’s no other way to enter than with tons…
Motherhood in recession
Women are generally expected to embrace motherhood as soon as they are married; in essence, having children was an…
Reuniting at Christmas: An age-long tradition
It is an annual ritual the Odedeyis must perform. They have never missed it in a single year. Travelling to visit…
Breaking free…
I nicked a display message off a friend’s blackberry display message deck - it was such an apt one and I thought it…
Why boys need girls as friends
As a child, I could not think of anything worse than being friends with a boy. And sadly it looks like plenty of…
Great dynasties of the world: The Jacksons
They are, according to Rolling Stone magazine, “America’s black royal family”. But, unlike most royal families,…
These funeral gigs
A big deviation this topic-but it is one I cannot stay silent over (any longer) - I was doing the usual to beat…
Denmark is one of the best countries for working…
Imagine taking 23 children, who range in age from three to six years, on a sledding trip. There are three adults to…
The car, our second home
Last year we sold the family car. It has been an enormous improvement in our quality of life. No parking tickets,…