Tag: chimamanda adichie
Nigerians and fake accents
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala studied in two of the most prestigious Universities in the world; MIT and Harvard.
She had a magma cum laude from Harvard at...
Chimamanda Adichie fights AGAINST feminism in her recent Hillary Clinton interview
Many of us that are of the school of thought that people are not allowed to get upset or disappointed in our posts are...
Chimamanda is Queen of Clapbacks but ARE there libraries in Nigeria?
I salute Chimamanda's quick wit; she's a witty weaver of warranted retorts to witless questions apparently bereft of thorough thought like this one below:
But...
Maami – a traditional Yoruba poem
Maami, this day shall pass away
To usher in a boundless joy
The energy invested in the hurdles of life
Shall be regained in the pleasure of...
#ThrowbackThursday to when Chimamanda Adichie urged us all to be feminists...
Chimamanda Adichie - We Should All Be Feminists: you may have been present and remember the electricity in the TEDxEuston room as the final...
A tribute to my grandfather
Baba
Right in your warm embrace
I wrecked mama's heavy meal
I gulped from your palm wine tank
In readiness for the Ijapa travels.
You rained blessings on me
before...
ADUNNI – A Love Poem To A Yoruba Maiden
Adunni, let me be lost in your heart
For I listen not to the hunter's trumpet.
Adunni, let me go astray in your thoughts
For I give...
APEKE – Traditional African Poetry
Tell Apeke I am the famous cocoa merchant
Tell her my fame spread across the clan
Tell Apeke I am the igbakeji Oba
The balogun that brought...
Karara: the Balogun of Ilorin (Traditional African Poetry)
Tell them not to flaunt Modakeke to his ears
Tell them not to recite that Oyo has western strength
Let them not gasconade latosisa in his...
AMARACHI – traditional African poetry
Let us bring out the ekwe,
The ogene and the sounding udu.
Let us drum up the new found affection
Let us do inyanga for the umu...
