Mayo: My darling Momo, For a long time, I didn’t think you were a nice person. You were the parent who would beat me with slippers when I was naughty. When
What an interesting coincidence it is that Mothering Sunday and International Women’s Day fall within the same month every year. So the month of March really is set out
When Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. – Love’s Labour’s Lost, 4.3 Growing up female with aunties, uncles and cousins like
The writing below is based on a poem titled “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs
For the next pub quiz : What phones do the world leaders use? Wale Lawal’s brilliant short story, ‘Dr Lawanson’. Dele Momodu continues his analysis of the political terrain in his Thisday
This is written partly for the biological mothers out there . However it wishes to extend to those who have effectively adopted others under their wing as their very own.
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria. Unlike the majority of Northern Nigerian political leaders, he was of humble background, his father having
This post could potentially be for mothers of creative, idiosyncratic girls everywhere, but mostly, it’s for you Layide. Initially I considered having this message engraved on the retinoscope you asked
“Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.” – Proverbs 31: 28 (GNB) Dear Mum, You are many wonderful things to us, so we write to celebrate you
Dear Mama, First and foremost I just want to say that I love you. When I was approached to write this, I was overwhelmed with ideas and thoughts of how