Celebrity Convos – First Edition
It happened that we wanted to share a story and there was no enough room to tell the story. Usually, our stories at Awa Ti Ibadan are on the average …
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An Evening With Lafup & the children of Jesus Children Mission Orphanage
“Find someone who is ahead of you in whatever you choose to do. Understudy them,” Lafup says when one of the kids asks him what his advice will be for anyone who wants to be a comedian. He then goes on to tell the story of his relationship with Alibaba and how that relationship has impacted his career.
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Deji Layade: Step Up, Ibadan!
“Growing up in Ibadan, I was a Bodija boy. I had always felt Ibadan was slow-paced even when I was much younger so by 2010 I was already going to …
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History of Oja’ba Central Mosque, Ibadan
📍: OJA’BA CENTRAL MOSQUE Up until the emergence of the third Ibadan in 1829, there was no attempt at having a central mosque in Ibadan. It was in …
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Seun Sean Jimoh: Lagos to New York
1/3 I grew up in an average home in Ibadan, but the truth is, there was a time we used to be stupendously rich. My family suffered a setback …
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The Music Mogul
Saliu Adetunji was born in Ibadan, Western Nigeria in 1928. He was the first of 17 children – a modest number by standards as his father was quite influential. …
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Day 8: A Hard Conversation
This afternoon, I have a conversation with the new doctor on the rounds this afternoon – a middle aged man, average height and slightly cross-eyed. He is walking past …
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Day 7: Stories From the Frontline
Alhaji H is back on the radar. This morning, he is playing a vox-pop clip. In it, a woman is saying she is divorced and that she doesn’t care about …
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Day 6: Conversations Around Privilege
Day 6 opens with gratitude by our 50years+ folks for the amazing facilities at the center; and for the extremely professional doctors, nurses and even ward maids who come …
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Day 5: Alhaji H
The morning opens with vibes. A pleasant nurse smiling down at me as I open my eyes. “How do you feel this morning,” she says. I nod and sit …
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Day 4: A Quick Trip To The Edge
Alhaji A (one the co-patients) sits majestically in the plastic chair by his bed, sipping on piping hot tea in a plastic cup. Nurse Coker walks pasts and this …
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Day 3: A Taste of Prison
This morning, I am weak and my bowel rumbles. Twice I have been to the toilet and it is not even midday yet. Still, this stomach howls and it’s …
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Day 2: Wake Up! It’s A Strange World
To be honest, I do not remember much of everything that happened on day 2. Even now that I think back on it all, it felt like a haze. …
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Day 1 – The Ambulance Ride
The ambulance came for me around 1:21pm. Initially I had been told it’d be here for 11/12noon, but heck! This is Nigeria and we understand how this things work. …
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A UNILAG Love
“When I got into UniLag, I attended an interview to join JCI, that was when I first met the man that would later become my husband. I was in 100 …
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Celebrity Convos – Second Edition
That this edition of #CelebrityConvos is published at such a time as this – when the world is brought to its knees by a tiny, microscopic organism – a virus …
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The Florence Ajimobi Story
1/5 I was born in, what is today, Delta State on the 5th April 1959 to a Nigerian mother and a Lebanese father of the Hajaig family. My mother …
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COVID19Stories – Padova, Italy
“On the 20th February, the Italian government declared a lock-down of my province – Padova. It was one of the first places where the virus began to spread so, …
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Open Secrets
1/5 “If two or more people know about something, it is no longer a secret. That is why I need to tell this story. I was conceived while my …
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A Conversation About Ivanovo
Leaving Nigeria I left Nigeria on October 1 2018. In my heart, I was both excited and anxious. I was excited because I was finally leaving Nigeria and I would …
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The Weeldrop Story
Three months after I was born my mother passed away. My grandmother took me in after the incident and raised me in my early years at Gege, around Agbeni market …
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The Man Who Typed His Way To The Bar
1/5 I was born and brought up in Isero compound at Oja’gbo – Ibadan North East Local Government. It is one of the interior parts of Ibadan where you lived …
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