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 [...]
I’ve been working on a recap of the first Yoruba-Yoruba wedding I’ve attended and that’s what I planned to put up next but I’ve just had a “moment” that I want to share with you. Seventeen years ago, after spending a year in another province, we were moving back to the province we currently live [...]
Last weekend I went to the annual event to celebrate the life of a young Nigerian, the son of our family friend, who lost his life trying to break up a fight. I can’t believe it’s been eight years since we received that terrible news. A local Christian hip hop/R n B group called Prosper [...]
I’ve confessed before that I can’t cook Nigerian dishes aside from a few staples. To me, the most important thing to master is various stews, from the basic obe ata (basic pepper stew) to the more complicated ogbono or egusi stew. My mother is not to blame (she tried, oh she tried, and for two [...]
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