Category: Essay
Reducing Unemployment And Illiteracy Using Spoken Word Poetry – Olumide Holloway
Everybody has a need to express themselves. This need is most times expressed wrongly when the person is unable to find the right channel of expression. Most people love music, but not everybody can sing to save their life. Most people love jokes, but not everybody can make other people laugh. Likewise, acting, dancing, sports, […]
To the Letter Writer(s) at the TV Licensing Office | Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim | Essay
The first time I received a letter from you in December 2021, it came in the midst of several others. It stood out with the bright red lettering that peeked from its see-through envelope. All the letters made one demand or the other. Pounds, pounds, pounds, otherwise threat, threats, threats. In fact, your threats in […]
YAWA SKITS: A COMEDIC MIRROR OF THE SOCIETY — Adeola Juwon
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful […]
A Tale of Two Women|Oluwadunsin Deinde-Sanya|Essay
A Tale of Two Women Last year, my grandaunt died. She was living with some of my father’s cousins in a state far away from Western Nigeria but her corpse had to be brought here. To her home and her people. On the night she died, we were sitting in the darkness our […]