Adewumi: The Arabian Slavery Called Work
“When agents pitch to you about working in Saudi Arabia, they will tell you great things about the place; they’d tell you that you can work as a nurse or …
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DJ Wiseone Ijaya: A Long Journey To Djaying
My mother passed away when I was three. No one really cared much for me going to school – education wasn’t such a priority; it was just a mere …
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Ayoola Odeyemi: Ontario Blues
. . I have been away from Nigeria since 2013 and whew! It has been quite an experience being away from home. First, let me say that I had no …
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Maybe I Was Stupid
“I was born into a Christian home and my father was a clergy. Not only was he a clergyman, he was a very strict, disciplined man. He was the …
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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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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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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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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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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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F&K Saving: A Story of Grit, Sweat & Reward
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
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
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
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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Lagos: This Is My Lagos Story
“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
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
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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