By: Amina I didn’t know whether to cry or dance azonto when I saw my NYSC posting letter: “Local Government Secretariat, Obokun LGA, Osun State.” Obokun? As in the place wey Google Maps dey confuse? The one wey network dey fear to reach? I blinked twice, hoping it would change to something like Shell or...
Narrated by: Tari Braide I always told myself I’d never be that girl.The one whose name hides in silence.The one who waits for weekend texts.The one who loves borrowed things. But life has a funny way of humbling you.And love? Love can disguise itself in the smoothest lies. The Man Who Found Me It started...
Narrated by: Ebiere Tombra They say the body is a temple.But in my village, the body of a woman is a battleground. My name is Ebiere Tombra. I’m from a small fishing community near Okolobiri in Bayelsa State.My mother used to say, “If a woman knows shame, she will marry well.” But the older I...
Narrated by: Adaobi N. Do you love him? That’s the question Cynthia asked, her voice careful and soft, like she was stepping on broken glass. We sat on her bed after midnight, sharing the last of the jollof from Oba Kitchen. I was wearing her t-shirt like a shield, I needed protection that night. My...
Narrated by: Amaka Let’s not lie to ourselves. In this Nigeria, a woman can give a man wild, crazy, unforgettable moments in bed, feed his ego, inspire his hustle, and still not be seen as “wife material.” He’ll laugh with her, sin with her, beg her for “one more round,” and then turn around and...
Narrated by: Kelvin Olorunfemi When I finally touched down in Toronto, wearing a second-hand winter jacket from Balogun Market and shivering like a goat under harmattan, I thought back to the things I had to do, and the people I had to pay, to make that dream possible. This is not your average japa story....
Narrated by: Chioma O. Let me not lie, I knew I was in for something different when I agreed to marry an Nnewi man. I’m from Enugu. Born and raised Anglican. Our own version of tradition is church wedding followed by rice and mineral. But this one? This one carried me to places I never...
by Aisha Abdullahi If anybody had told me that Egusi soup, yes, ordinary soup, would nearly end my marriage before it even began, I would have slapped them with a hot fufu ball. But alas, here I am, telling my own tale. My name is Aisha Abdullahi, born and raised in Kano, a proud Arewa...
by – Oluwatoyin Some stories no dey easy to tell. This one choke. But if I no talk am, who go speak for the countless girls wey don go through the same thing and still dey live in silence? I was only 13 when it started. And the worst part? It happened right under the...
by Amarachi If I had 1k for every time someone told me, “Na book you go marry?” I’d be richer than Dangote’s gate man. 😩 Let me take you through the wild ride of how my education almost made me a bad wife candidate in the eyes of society. Spoiler alert: I’m still very single,...