My family is Yoruba, but our last name is uncommon, and doesn’t sound obviously Yoruba or even Nigerian for that matter. In fact one of the guys I never dated was unique because he had the same last name as I did and that was the first time I had seen that last name outside [...]
I have told friends who don’t believe in God that if they lived in Nigeria for a while, they would. During the almost four weeks I was in Nigeria last year I thanked God daily for getting my mom, sister and I through the day (especially if we went out) and I never took for [...]
To those of you who thought I was deserving of the Stylish and Versatile Blogger Award (or perhaps you had run out of people to bestow it on and decided to give it to me? Either way I’ll take it!), thank you. I apologize for the delay in playing along and if I’ve left your [...]
I would have never guessed that less than two years after my last visit to Nigeria, I’d be sitting in my aunt’s parlour, watching Moonlight and typing out a quick blog entry before internet time runs out. Two years ago, I had resigned myself to not having access to the internet and I assumed it [...]
As you read this, I’m officially on my way to Nigeria, and I’m asking you to please say a word of prayer for God’s protection over those of us who are traveling and those who are staying behind. My family of six is very close-knit and it’s always hard for us to be separated. I’ll [...]
(Is the title a Nigerian parent’s worst nightmare or what?) Solomon Sydelle’s last TTTEC topic was about a girl who met her boyfriend of 15 months at a club and is now afraid to tell her mother where she met him because her mother doesn’t know she goes clubbing. Friends that I have met through [...]
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