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The Aftermath of Hope

Uncle Gbadebo’s unannounced visits from Ibadan to spend the tail and head of the week at my parents’ cement sprayed two-storey duplex in…

Mar 1, 2023

The Aftermath of Hope

Mar 1, 2023

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Four Centuries in Nine Minutes

The manner of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis by a white policeman was a microcosm of racism that contained miniature symptoms of a…

Jun 3, 2020

Illustration of George Floyd by Shirien Damra

Jun 3, 2020

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Until then, Wildflower

My beautiful wild flower

May 30, 2017

Until then, Wildflower

May 30, 2017

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27 Thoughts

April Swaine wrote this and its perhaps the my most impacting short read of my life. One tidbit of advice for each of my 27 years

Jun 8, 2016

27 Thoughts

Jun 8, 2016

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On the Knees of my Heart

I will wait

May 27, 2016

On the Knees of my Heart

May 27, 2016

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Her

I watch as you lay

May 27, 2016

Her

May 27, 2016

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The Serpents of January

Epilogue

May 27, 2016

The Serpents of January

May 27, 2016

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At Your Own Pace

The Tortoise & the Snail

May 26, 2016

At Your Own Pace

May 26, 2016

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The Death of Light

Our dusk was dark.

May 26, 2016

The Death of Light

May 26, 2016

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The Write to Live

Putting pen to paper. That dangerous and dark art. Older than man’s thirst for food. Older than mankind’s thirst for war. We wrote long…

May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016

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Abimbola Alaba

A stream of conscious conscience. A day will come and my pen will run out of ink. Fortunately, that day is not today.

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