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 …
Read MoreMy 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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Yola: Leaving Home Meant Leaving My Comfort Zone
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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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Lagos: ‘Coming From Lagos, Ibadan is Perfect.’
I was a UI boy, with both my parents teaching there, although we lived in Bodija. So my major route was Bodija-UI. When my grandmother was alive, I used to …
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Abuja: My Life In Ibadan Was Safe
_________________ The best word I can use to describe my life in Ibadan is ‘safe’. My movement was just school and home and not much else. It is interesting that …
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The Story of A Passing
“One day in 2013, after returning from an outing my father fell. I was in Ibadan but the rest of the family was in Gombe. He was taken to the …
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Love In Unexpected Places
I met my husband, Tosin Alo, at God’s Power Church, Liberty Road, Ibadan. I was a member of the choir and also one of the sanctuary cleaners. One day he …
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Whitehaven, UK
“My first culture shock when I moved to the UK was the whole accent thing and till now, I haven’t got over it. No matter how I speak; it’s either …
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