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A UNILAG Love

November 5, 2020November 6, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“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

September 12, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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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COVID19Stories – Padova, Italy

April 7, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

  “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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Away From Home / Stories

A Conversation About Ivanovo

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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

February 13, 2020February 17, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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

January 21, 2020January 24, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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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F&K Saving: A Story of Grit, Sweat & Reward

December 9, 2019December 12, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

F&K Savings is Ibadan’s leading digital savings platform founded by two upstanding gentlemen – Feyi and Folarin. These two young men are dogged, visionary and innovative. Both are graduates of …

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TESTIMONY: A Pair of New Feet For Adenike

November 28, 2019November 29, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

This is the story of Adenike Adebayo, a student of the Polytechnic of Ibadan. In this first part, Nike’s mother narrates the story of how her legs were amputated at …

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The Unrelenting Dreamchaser

November 19, 2019November 22, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

I am the first child of my parents. My father worked at NichemTex in Ikorodu while my mom had a shop where she sold provisions. I grew up under a …

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My Education On Racism

November 13, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

I have been travelling since 2013. I have been around Africa, Europe and parts of North America. I lived in America for most of 2015, doing writing fellowships, and residencies. …

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Lasgidi Stories / Stories

Lagos: This Is My Lagos Story

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“I grew up in Total Garden. We moved into the Agodi GRA sometime in 1991-1992 and when government began to sell plots of land in the area, my parents bought …

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Celebrity Convos – First Edition

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

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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Dapo Lam: A Misunderstood, Yet Perfectly Gentleman

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

I had a regular childhood just like every other kid. Go to school, come back, play football with friends in the neighbourhood. I’d agree partially that I am an omo-get-inside …

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Away From Home / Stories

Yola: Leaving Home Meant Leaving My Comfort Zone

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

Moving to Yola (When & Why?) An opportunity to fulfill my dreams of career advancement and an opportunity to contribute directly to what I’ve been researching on for years came …

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Buckingham: the City of Tranquility

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

On Moving to Buckingham – When & Why? I moved (back) to England in 2017 to study for my Ph.D. I chose Buckingham because of my past connection with the …

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Lagos Is Madness

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“I was a teenager when I left Ibadan. That was in 2004. Unlike a lot of people who left Ibadan out of their own free will, mine was not like …

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Ottawa: Life Here Shapes You Different

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

“I came into Canada in 2016 – that was the wrongest time to be a Nigerian student abroad. It was the time when the Naira was crashing very badly. People …

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Calabar Love

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

I had just been posted to Cross River for my NYSC and I had gone to the designated bank to open my NYSC account. A young man attended to me …

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A bus ‘Ticketer’ Shocked the World

July 4, 2019July 6, 2019 - by admin - 7 Comments.

1/3 I grew up with my mom and my grandma. My father was not always around. He was always out of the country. He was away seeking greener pastures in …

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Life With A Deadbeat Dad

June 26, 2019June 29, 2019 - by admin - 16 Comments.

1/4 My father was a civil servant – well paid. My mother, although she went to nursing school, was a trader.  Growing up, I always wondered what my mom saw …

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