For International students resuming HE in the UK…

Last Wednesday, I called my sister based in Lagos, Nigeria. The conversation was short and unusual. On any given day, our gist rides into thirty to forty minutes. Not today. She reminded me ominously that “fuel scarcity dey; I need enter petrol station”. Those were the words that ended the call. A reminder, a sad one;…

Imagine this…Imagine attending a Nigerian party and the host says: “No jollof for you.” How would you react? One of the following would be your response: “Iro, ko possible!” “Tufia! Which kind nonsense be that?” If you want to be polite, you could say: “Bring wetin dey, I go manage am.” Ain’t no Nigerian party,…

Content Introduction What does death mean? On Mama’s death African Culture and Death Lessons About Grieving Conclusion INTRODUCTION “Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of…

“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”  ― Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep Before we delve into the issue at hand, it’s important to concretise the dialectics surrounding The Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1985, Alfred Nobel, in his will, stated that the award must be…

I would like to start from the beginning about how I got decorated with the Doctor of Philosophy in Literature and Creative Writing. Dear friends, please, bear with me as I narrate this tale. It started at Prophet Adeoye Street, Ijeshatedo, Lagos state. We lived in a crummy flat, where the toilets flushed after drinking…

We are defined by institutions. Every human is shaped by a combination of institutions. A family unit is an institution. We draw some elements of our being from there. Schools are institutions. They teach us how to “become” in another institution—the society. It teaches us to conform, to be respectable and to be what’s expected…