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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 12

Reading time: 5 minutes   Last week, I met my future husband. He was standing next in line to me during registration and I didn’t even notice him at first. I had been really tired and my whole body was coated with desperation from the whole unnecessary wahala those people were causing me. I just wanted to get out […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 11

Reading time: 4 minutes   Loooooooool. My life is a freaging joke.   Ask me why o! Shebi I was shouting that “Abuja ni o, Abuja ni o” when I was awaiting NYSC posting? Even when some people asked me and I answered them with so much conviction, they were thinking that I had it all covered. Me that […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 10

Reading time: 4 minutes   Grandpa died today. I was in the kitchen pouring Garri inside cup to drink when Maami got the call from big Mummy’s husband. No disrespect, but I feel like big Mummy’s husband could have done better in relaying the news. As an Agbalagba. I don’t know what he had said exactly but from Morola’s tone […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 9

Reading time: 5 minutes Today, I decided to bake and cut a cake to celebrate a month of my uselessness. It’s in red velvet and cream and it tastes really good. Actually, it’s just Morola’s extra big birthday cake that I ordered for her birthday party. I can’t actually bake anything. Which is why I am laying extra emphasis […]