I am high up in the sky, in pitch darkness somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean when I finish reading Yewande Omotoso’s An Unusual Grief. My eyes are a little wet and there is a feeling in my chest that I cannot quite explain except to say that it feels like…

I found it incredibly difficult to write about this year. Which should not surprise me because this has been a year of difficult things, of feeling my mind stretch with the ache of growth. So because I found this year so difficult to write about, I gave myself a wiring…

I did not wake up well this morning. My right tonsil was swollen. My throat was itchy. I had a headache so bad it wouldn’t let me sleep. My boyfriend had been checking on me and when he FaceTimed me this morning, I didn’t know when I broke down and…

‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write’ — Virginia Woolf I write best in the mornings. And I can tell you for free that there are few things more peaceful than mornings at the Library of Africa and The African Diaspora…

It’s a full moon tonight and I am in an exquisite mood. I was driving back from Ahu’s when a group of clouds moved and gave may for the moon in her entirety. Perfect circle full of mirth, magic and majesty. Moving between the shadow of concealment and the invisible…

It’s that time of the year again where everyone is on Twitter detailing their extensive triumphs, successes and achievements from all through the year. Congratulations to them, may their joys be lasting and their planting be fruitful. This piece is for those of us who, for whatever reason, have had…

Prolouge: There is a way becoming distorts you. It is the same way your muscles shred when you grow, how the seed dies in the soil before it begins to germinate. Becoming a writer, being pushed into the darkness of moist soil waiting to grow, has come with many unexpected…

We know so little. Human beings are so easily deceived of how much we know. We can’t really blame anyone for this. It is so easy to make this assumption because truly, all around us, humanity is making significant discoveries in science, medicine and technology. It’s safe to assume that…

Twitter gives me the best things. It has given me such amazing friends, sisters and lovers. But one of the most underrated things Twitter has given me is the discovery of beautiful music. Sometime ago, I asked someone on my timeline for a sexy time playlist full of Nigerian music…