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Today, On Our Independence

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The green and white are two beautiful colors, and when used together as in our flag, it makes a very happy flag.  But the people are anything but happy They say the green in the flag stands for agriculture and they are right. Our agriculture is very green, but it's the type of green used to describe someone who is pale and sickly-looking.

Untold Stories...

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Like most kids in my generation, I grew up marveling at the wonders and overwhelming fame of Michael Jackson.

Soon... Ajadi

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Ajadi mi, you will never know how much I have missed writing to you I know you must have wondered about my silence It was not my fault, Ajadi My husband was angry… Oh! I have never seen Alao so angry

Messy, Yet Beautiful...

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*Image by Steve Johnson via unsplash.com* “Look at this beauty” Adisa said to me, pointing at a painting on the wall of the art gallery. I looked but I couldn’t see the beauty, all I saw was a colourful mess. It seemed to me like the work of a child who splashed all the colours in his newly acquired poster colour on a canvas. I just didn’t get what beauty Adisa saw and I told him so.

Our World of Boxes...

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I remember being taught Set theory in one of my mathematics classes, and even though math was not my favourite subject, I found Set theory pretty easy.

As the World Celebrates Us...

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Fellow women, Today the world celebrates us. Give no thought to those who question why or those who say we are overrated. They have no idea of the strength within us, the one that has continued to see us through the struggles and challenges we go through.

THE CULTURE OF SHAME...

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When I said “Me Too”, my dear friend, Kofoworola looked at me in shock, she tried to cover my mouth with her hands. “Stop, don’t say another word”, her eyes seem to plead.

Our Mother's Love...

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Ajadi mi, our mother is well It was just fever, so do not worry. She misses you every day, Ajadi …like we all do.

Our Little Hero, Adigun

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Ajadi mi, I saw Adigun today Adigun, our little hero I met him on my way from the gbewiri stream this morning He was coming from the bush Ajadi mi, our little hero is now a man…

I’m Married Now, Ajadi…

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Hello fam! I hope you have missed reading as much as I have missed writing.  I am back with the Ajadi Series.  I do hope you love Ajadi as much as I do. XOXO Ajadi mi, the wedding is over now I have become Alao’s wife. He is a good man, Ajadi… He takes care of me; he even lets me keep your locket He says he will never try to take your place But his family do not understand it