Dear God. I am in love with two men. The one I see now, and the one I see no more The one in my life, and the one in my life no more …” I blink the words out of my mind and force myself to focus What do you feel Ayo? Tell me, what is it? What does it feel like? I don’t know what it feels like either…no, wait… It feels…it feels like nothing. That’s it Ayo, you feel nothing, complete nothing! You’re numb right now, and that is what you’re permitted to feel; nothing. Look […]
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Angel Nduka-Nwosu is a poet, editor, writer and activist who was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work has appeared in a number of journals and online sites including Ake Review, Random Thoughts, The Audiri, The Girls Like Me to name a few. She was the recipient of the award of Best Spoken Word Artist at the 2017 edition of the Nigerian Teen Choice Awards. A self proclaimed African feminist, she was awarded the Best Position Paper at the 2015 simulation of the African Leadership Academy Model African Union. This was for her paper on eradicating Maternal Mortality in The Islamic […]
Read moreThe same month Toke Makinwa’s book dropped was the month you both weirdly came to the conclusion that you had indeed being rushed and that his lips weren’t just naturally black. You both realized that truly what the two of you had being smelling those nights when he kissed one of you and called the other “First Wife”, was in fact weed. The thought that because of him, you each had each other’s saliva made you both cringe. As it dawned on both of you that you had indeed being played by him, the two of you decided to do […]
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It is a jolly good day and you wake up to the normal routine of your life. So far everything is going smoothly the way any normal day would, but you don’t like this. This is because you have programmed yourself to be easily excited by news that involves a lot of drama, and involves people. Now it is as though news have become your personal drugs. You no longer know how to function properly without the excitement of hearing or reading something out of the ordinary. The day continues quietly, not respecting your wishes for something eventful to happen, […]
Read moreFrom time immemorial religion has always been used to justify unequal power structures and an overall inequality in systems. A religion like Christianity was once used majorly to push the idea that black people were inferior and as such slavery and obedience to the white masters was the lot that was assigned to them from God. All religions Christianity inclusive have always been used to push the idea that women were to be second class citizens. Statements like “Women were created after so they are not greater than the first” and “The Bible says men are the heads” are said […]
Read moreThere are a lot of things I don’t like when it comes to gender relations. But if there is one thing I dislike the most, it is the idea that women exist for men and as such we should live our lives making decisions that appeal to the idea of what men find attractive. In coming times, I want us to get rid of that notion and in particular stop saying things like “No man wants a liability” or “Men prefer..” when we want to advise girls. The first statement is often said when we want to encourage women to […]
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1. I need a man in a beret In a vintage shirt and faded jeans Wearing an apron soiled in paint Palette in one hand brush in the other Creating my face on a canvas. I need a man in camouflage Boots and warpaint on Crouching in mud behind shrubs Furrowed brows gun in one hand Trying to fight and still keep alive Just for the children and I. I need a man in a tie A calculating machine in his pocket Rolled up sleeves and shiny shoes Drowning in a sea of numbers Multiplying the figures by the hour […]
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“Them go hear am today” I mumble excitedly as I pick the sixth can of perfume from my very expensive collection and douse myself with it, pressing the nozzle angrily and running it from my head to my toes and up again countless times, till I am sure the fragrance has soaked into every part of my clothing. “And one day the man shall wash his clothes with expensive wine…that day don reach” I soliloquize as I take a swab of hair cream and apply to my hair, observing in my mirror of golden frames, as my hair begins to […]
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I never envisaged that I would write from the angle that I would today, knowing fully well that a while before the experience I write about today occurred, I would have ignorantly been on the side of the other team. The team that I do not support today Understand firstly, that I am an individual who understands fully well, what responsibility and leadership entails, and I never glorify excuses, no matter how logical they appear to be. To me, excuses should never be a get out of jail card someone uses when the person fails to live up to responsibilities […]
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You sit in the comfort of your subliminal state, taking in your environment with utmost concentration. You are more tilted to the observant side of nature, at least for the beginning part of things before you spiral out of control. You try very hard to resist the distractions that threaten to pull you out of your shell and force you to display your appealing nature. You feel it isn’t the time yet. You focus solely on just knowing who and what you’re going to be dealing with for the next new phase of your life you have just entered. In this state […]
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