Evocations

Why I’m uncomfortable with “Kabiyesi” as a name for God

I love big questions.

I’ve volunteered with teenagers for over a decade, and one of my best parts is the questions they ask. I love books and music and talks that raise new questions as much as…

Simplicity is harder than complexity

How this paradox applies to writing

One of my favourite writing quotes (yes, I collect them) is by 17th-century French mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

“I have made this longer…

Love’s dilemma

(A haiku)

I love you and think

you’re reciprocating — or

is this just payback?

How exactly is ours a better world?

Thoughts on 21st-century human behaviour

Introducing…colloquial depression

A new name for an old problem

Daring myself daily

Taking sage advice from Hemingway

What every effective leader knows

(That many of our leaders don’t seem to)

3 things mental illness and cancer share in common

In commemoration of World Cancer Day 2017

Reporting mental disorders in Nigeria is better, but still needs work

The grim story of a man in his prime who took his life after it was overtaken by mental illness.