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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 16

Reading time: 4 minutes   I woke today, feeling sad about the fact that Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister won’t be playing at my wedding. Because he went to the great beyond earlier than I scheduled.   My only hope for a blissful wedding party now is Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshall. May God keep him till 2022 and beyond. Why […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 15

Reading time: 5 minutes   I’ve looked back on my life this past week and I’m honestly impressed that I’m still alive.   Shebi that’s how Ijangbon slept jejely, I now went to use my own two hands to drag it. It all started when I asked Daddy if I could start learning how to drive and he said […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 14

Reading time: 4 minutes   I feel like the worst thing that has ever happened to me is being attracted to men.   I don’t get my life. Honestly. Like, I don’t get it. Today, I want a boyfriend. The next minute, I can’t stand any man. Perhaps I have a psychological problem? I don’t know why I’m in […]

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Diary of an Ibadan Girl: Entry 13

Reading time: 3 minutes   I’m really impressed by how ugly I’m willing to look in public these days.   It’s because I cannot come and go and kill myself away. When I had first arrived at camp, I was following them to be doing the usual slay mama routine up and down. I would wake up by 3am, […]

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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 […]