Stradling two countries I love as I sing
America’s Independence Day celebrations are over but I am still savouring the joy of watching on TV the fireworks show that was put on...
African native intelligence and of liberal ideology
Time was when Nigerians in Nigeria used to think that a Nigerian education is superior to an American education and that our compatriots who...
Radical liberal ideology closer than Christianity to radical Islam
I have been saying that the American natives are very ( very,very ) brilliant, but yet so dumb. Current events and their reaction to...
February, the month to celebrate Black History
You will dance again. That’s what my pastor and many fellow church members have been saying to me since I returned to the church...
Friends who lift my spirit, head keep me going
I hope you have the kind of friends I have. Friends that go way back to high school and newer friends from the places...
Drawing comfort from happy memories when cancer strikes
Back in my aunty’s house (and out of the hospital) I struggled to settle into my new life as an out-of- work cancer patient...
Beyonce pushing decadent values and outfits
Bring on the burkas! That is what I wanted to yell out as I watched Beyonce strut her stuff on stage during the VMA...
Oh, how I long to wear pretty things again
Last Sunday as the anointing in the church grew stronger, the pastor of my church declared, “ I perceive a shift in the atmosphere,...
Why me? Coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis (2)
I was in hospital waiting for the results of my tests. The doctor was convinced that the bone marrow biopsy would confirm Multiple Myeloma...
Growing up joyful amid chaos
A few weeks back I regaled you with an account of the relatively privileged lifestyle my folks and I lived in Ikoyi, Lagos –...
