Before last year, whenever I heard the phrase, “Good girl no dey pay,” it always irked me. I saw people who said it as people wanting to justify doing bad things and my holier-than-thou mind would judge them instantly. It couldn’t fathom why anyone would have that kind of mentality. I grew up in a family where Christian values were instilled in me and being good was a virtue to possess as a Christian.

Last year, I began to see things differently. Going through the series of unfortunate events that life shoved in my face, I had a rethink and came to the acceptance that, indeed, “Good girl no dey pay.”

Being good doesn’t guarantee you a life of good things and you ask yourself, “What then is the point of being good?” If you are a good person, at least you should be rewarded with a good life, right? I found out it doesn’t work that way and people who decide to be good go through the most. What a funny world we live in.

This is not me saying we should all then go about doing bad things but me realising that there is no reward for being good. If you are good, you are good for your sanity and not because your life will turn out to be a bed of roses. You will end up being disappointed if that is your expectation. I was at that point last year, angry and I asked God, “I’ve been a good girl, why do bad things keep happening to me?”

If you want to be a good person, be one because it’s what you want and not because you think it’s a formula to lines falling unto you in pleasant places. Maybe the reward for being good is in heaven but here on earth, prepare for the worst.

On the 26th of December my friend messaged me for us to hang out. Not having any plans for that day, I was excited and agreed to us hanging out. Unknown to us, we didn’t know that our eyes was gonna see shege.

Ha! Don’t mind me. It wasn’t that bad, let’s just say, our outing didn’t exactly go as planned. You know how they say, "we make plans and God laughs?" That was pretty much our case. Thankfully, after all the craziness and waste of money that happened that day, we were still able to sit down, have a good meal of chicken and chips and talk as well.

One of the conversations we delved into was on friendship. How you and a certain person can be so close and one day you realise you can’t even hold a conversation for five minutes with this person anymore. Yikes! How did it get to this point?

She gisted me about one of her friends and how they had recently fallen out.

Ps: my use of fall out is not of friends getting into a fight but, of friends not putting effort anymore to make their friendship work

How sad she gets every time she thinks about how their relationship turned sour. This friend was someone that in her own words "they were no longer just friends but had turned sisters". How she could go to her house without even calling to tell her that she was coming.

According to her, she and her friend didn't have a fight of that sort because I was curious to know what caused their fall out. What happened was that she, my friend, moved to a different city and that was it.

This just made me remember the words of Billy Ray Cyrus in the series Hannah Montana. There was a time in the series when Miley and her best friend lily were not on speaking terms and her dad, who is Billy Ray Cyrus said, "some friends are for a reason and some friends are for a season". I’ve watched this series years ago, look at me saying years ago like I’m some old women but, anyway, I’ve watched the series a couple of years back and those words are hard to forget.

I have also had my share of friendship fall outs. There have been people I have been so close with back then and now, we barely even talk. And these are people you would never think that you would stop talking to just because of how your relationship was with them at that time.

Recently one of my friends called me and it made me reminicise on our friendship. When we were in University, the two of us were so close. We were course mates, we were staying in the same hostel, our rooms were not far from each other and we even used to cook together. But, when we graduated, everyone went their separate ways. There were some calls here and there but at some point, it just stopped.

Going back to when I was in secondary school as well, there was this friend of mine then that someone even thought we were sisters just because of how our friendship was. We're cool but, it's not like before anymore. I think it's recently that we just even started talking more. In the previous years, we barely communicated. And these are just two examples out of others that have happened.

In 2020, Selena Gomez released an album titled Rare. Incase you don’t know who Selena is, she is a singer, obviously and an actress who is known for her role on didneys Wizard of weverly places. She also dated the famous singer Justin Bieber who in my opinion, is one of the greatest pop star ever. Argue with your emotions.

One of the songs in the album that became a personal favourite of mine is titled People you know. People you know is the perfect song that speaks on the issue of relationship fall outs. The chorus says:

"we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don't. What hurts the most is people can go from people you know, to people you don't".

If you've dealt with friendship fall out. There's no way you would listen to that song and it won't get to you. I give Selena, 5 stars for the song because she was real on it.

Friendship fall out can hurt and it can hurt even more when you fall out not because of a fight but, lack of communication and distance. Lack of communication is a major issue in any relationship but distance, I don't think distance should be an issue in this age of technology.

I have friends that we haven't seen each other in years but, our communication is pretty solid. Then again, this just brings me back to what Billy Ray Cyrus said. Maybe those friends you fell out with were only ment to be your friends for that particular amount of time.

If I could go back to the time of my creation and God bestowed upon me the power to choose the colour I would want to come to this earth as, I would choose to come as a dark skinned girl. “If wishes were horses”, they say.

I have always admired dark skinned girls but, the moment it really struck me that I would have loved to be born dark skinned, was while watching the movie series, The Chi.

Watching the series, I got to meet Birgundi Baker, an actress who plays the character Keisha. Her presence gracing my screen every now and then made me realise just how beautiful dark skinned girls are and how sad it is that society has placed them at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to beauty standards.

Bleaching creams becoming the new oil, I sit and wonder why light skinned girls are the preferred preference? The “beautiful” ones that have been born. The ones that are more appealing to behold. The ones that should be in the limelight. What’s appalling is how dark skinned guys top the beauty standards charts but be a girl and be dark skinned, “Girl, bye”. “You’re Ugly”. “Yikes!”

I don’t judge girls that have lightened their skin. The society made them do it. The society made them feel uncomfortable in their skin and when they couldn’t take the yabs anymore, they caved in. I hate the society, it makes you do stupid things. Like getting a BBL to be attractive to the opposite gender. Ooh, let’s not even go there.

I keep wondering why a woman has to look this way or be that way to be desired but, a man, just have money and you’re good to go hommie. What do men have to sacrifice? Most times, nothing. This is not an article to shade men so, rest, you Feminist in me.

In my opinion, the con of being light skinned outways the pro. Yes, light skinned girls are attractive but, what other pro is there to being light skinned?

Speaking of the cons, let’s look at how everything is visible on you.

• A little scratch, shows.
• Someone just holding your hands too tightly, shows.
• Sun burn, shows.
• You’ve got acne, damn, it will show itself with pride.

Lately, I’ve been batling with acne so, I’m talking from experience. It’s not a pleasant one.

God knows why he made me light skinned and I appreciated his thought process but, dear dark skinned girl, please stay dark, you don’t know how lucky you are. It’s not all rosy on this side. Take it from a light skinned girl.

With that said, let me share some dark skinned girls who are rocking their colour and I love it.

1. Ryan Destiny

I got to know about her from the movie series Star and it has been all love since then. Can we also take a minute to appreciate her fashion sense? Because, dang, sis is stylish.

2. Issa Rae

If you don’t know Issa then you’ve probably been living in a cave. I joke. I got to know Issa from the sitcom Insecure. I’m always watching movies, I know. I call Issa my aunty because not only is she an actress, she’s a screenwriter as well and has a production company. If you’ve watched Insecure, did you watch the last episode of season five? It was written by Issa and it was creatively amazing.

3. Hallease

I got to know Hallease from YouTube while searching about locs. Her channel was one that YouTube recommended to me and I’m grateful to YouTube because her locs has been an inspiration. Aside her locs which stood out to me, Hallease is a digital storyteller. She’s a screenwriter, a video editor and also has her own production company. I look up to her in these areas too.

Last but definitely not the least,

4. My mother

Fidela Nwamaka Ajagbe, the dark skinned goddess who I’m privileged to have been birthed from. It sucks how neither I nor my sister took her skin colour. Like, whyyy? (Cleans a tear drop) One word I would use to describe her is selfless. She always puts others above herself and that’s one thing I admire about her. She’s a doctor of psychology and a retired teacher and since I’ve known her, her skin has been flawlessly dark.

If being a dark skinned girl was so awful, why did God create you? Have you ever taken a minute to think about that? Obviously no, because all you do is let society cloud your reasoning. You let society dictate what is right and what is wrong. And who’s society? A bunch of humans who have no freaking sense of direction. If they did, everyone would be appreciated for how God made them.

At this point, my soul is vexed, let me go and listen to music to calm it down.

Adios.

Prior to seeing the movie, I had watched clips here and there on Instagram of the movie. I had even watched a review of the movie on YouTube after its premiere. It was a movie I was looking forward to watching.

Imagine my disappointment when I checked the Viva Cinema Ilorin website and found that the movie wasn’t on the list.

What! How?

I was heart broken, angry even and started to give Ilorin its credit for being the best in disappointing. But, poor Ilorin had nothing to do with it. This was a case of…misinformation? I don’t know if that’s the right word to use but, anyway, I had checked an old website and that was what led me to thinking Ilorin cinema had failed me when the reverse was actually the case.

As I saw Brotherhood listed among the movies showing that fateful day, a smile spread across my face and my heart was filled with nothing but joy. An hour to the viewing time, my friend and I hit the road and headed to the cinema.

As I have watched the movie, the best way I can describe it is using the popular Nigerian slang, Omo x 1000.

Brotherhood tells the story of twin brothers Akin and Wale whose parents get killed on New Years day. The brothers strive to survive and years later, one becomes a police officer while the other joins a notorious gang known as Ojuju boys.

The movie stars actors such as Falz, Tobi Bakre, OC Ukeje,Toni Tones, Omawumi and a host of other popular actors.

When a movie stars too many popular actors, it most of the time always ends up like a pot of soup with orishirishi but a lack or overuse of salt or maggie. Thankfully, that cannot be said of this movie. I liked the casting and commend the casting director for doing a good job picking the right actors.

Kudos to the director as well for putting the actors in the right direction to embody their characters. Each actor delivered their role well, making their characters believeable and interesting to watch. Even Dorathy who this is her debut movie, did a pretty decent job with her acting.

I liked that Falz did not play the usual comic role he’s known to playing in movies. He let out that funny side in a few scenes though but, I liked that being funny was not all that his character was about. One thing that irks me is actors typecast to a particular role. Like, can we see whatelse you bring to the table? It’s why I think Mr. Macaroni is a good actor. In movies, we get to see him in a completely different light from his skits. Love that.

Another thing I liked about the movie were the action scenes. Damn, the action scenes were well put together. For someone who is not a fan of action movies, you should know that me saying this is no cap. I find it difficult to enjoy a Hollywood action movie, now a Nolloywood action movie? Nah to the Ah to the No, No, No in Megan Trainor’s voice. Never imagined in years to come that I ever would but, I did.

Unlike the other Nigrian action movies I have watched, this movie is different. I can say that this nollywood action movie stands on the same ground with quite a number of Hollywood action movies. Go watch the movie and see for yourself before you yimu you bloody nollywood critic.

I liked the cinematography and editing as well. Most of the angles the scenes were shot from were intriguing and unique for a Nolloywood movie. Thumbs up to the director of photography.

One thing I kept admiring while watching the movie was the colour grading. Each colour in the movie was bright and beautiful to behold. I particularly liked how the colour of Akin’s (played by Tobi Bakre) agbada came out in the wedding scene. #loveintheeyesemoji

Speaking of the wedding scene, that was one of the highlights of the movie for me. Would love to gush all about it but, sadly, this is a spoiler free review. #sadfaceemoji

I also enjoyed the Third Mainland Bridge scene. The scene was so tense and emotional at the same time. One moment we were eager to see what would happen. The next moment, we were feeling sad for what was happening to a character. Talk about good storytelling.

Another interesting thing about the movie is the ending. I love movies that do not have a definite resolution and this movie was one. It did not end the cliché way most nollywood movies would end and I appreciate the filmmakers for diverting from the norms.

Overall, Brotherhood is a brilliantly executed movie that will change the narrative of nollywood action movies and nollywood movies in general.

According to Adebola Williams, one of the executive producers, “Brotherhood will usher in a new era of fearless filmmaking" and he expects the movie to go down in history as one of the greatest action movies to come out of the continent.

I really hope it lives up to that expectation because, from watching the movie, you can tell that a lot of hardwork went into the making of it. I also hope that with this movie, nollywood filmmakers will keep the same energy or put in a whole lot more energy than it did.

I’m looking forward to seeing the movie winning awards in the coming AMVCA.

Love x Light,

Kansola Ajagbe

You can connect with me on:

Instagram: kansola_ajagbe

Twitter: @kansola_ajagbe

For clarity sake, this writeup is not from a place of hate for nollywood movies. Infact, it might interest you to know that I am a very big lover of nollywood and only enjoy watching nollywood movies in the cinema. The two or, was it three times I watched hollywood movies in the cinema, I didn’t enjoy them. Yup, you read that right. This is not to say that I don’t love Hollywood movies either. I love both and appreciate the effort.

This writeup is meant to shed light on things that have cringed me while watching nollywood movies and at this point, whenever I notice it, which is all the freaking time, it makes me want to pull my locs out.

The one that takes the upper hand is:

The misrepresentation of wigs Correct me if I’m wrong but, do ladies wear wigs when they are lazying at home? I certainly don’t think so. I know for a fact that even wearing a wig out, it gets uncomfortable after a period of time and you can’t wait to get home, pull it off and allow fresh air hit your head. Not in nollywood movies. The actors live in a world where wearing a wig to stay at home, is totally normal. Even when the actors are supposed to be expressing emotions like, sadness and grief, you still find a wig sitting pretty on their head.

What is more laughable about this wig fiasco, is when I see the actors wearing it to sleep. What the fog? How does that even make for a good night sleep? And most times the actors don’t even use a scarf or rubber band to hold it together. It is left all wild and free. Come on. Nigerian filmmakers, this has to stop.

We need to learn to embrace our natural hair. It’s beautiful and it’s worth showing off.

Another cringy thing that goes with the wig is:

Makeup

As you see the actors wearing the wig at home, you also see their faces painted with makeup. Then again, could it be that I find it cringy because I like to be the most free and comfortable when I’m at home? Maybe there actually are ladies who wear a wig and makeup to stay at home. Maybe I’m the abnormal one.

(Ponders)

Nah, I highly doubt that. I also highly doubt that ladies wear makeup to sleep. Especially now that having a skincare routine is the order of the day.

Away from movies for a bit. Recently, I watched a commercial for a soap brand and the actor used had makeup on her face while having her shower. I wanted to yell at the top of my voice, watching it. And the thing with commercials is that you get to watch it over and over and over again. I’m tired. Please stop.

Siri, play leave the door open by Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak and Silk Sonic.

This brings me to my next point:

Leaving the door open

I know movies are fiction where worlds are created but even with that, movies should mirror what happens in real life. They should be relatable and leaving the door of your house unlocked is very much not relatable. At least to me. With crime on the increase, I believe a lot of people are now more security conscious than ever.

In nollywood movies, when a visitor knocks on the door, the actor says, “come in”, without bothering to ask who it is. I have seen this a number of times. In a movie I watched recently, the visitors didn’t even bother knocking, they just barged in. In whose house is that done? Certainly not mine.

Another thing that cringes me is:

Cheating Cheating Cheating

The theme of men cheating is the most common theme in nollywood movies and to be honest, I’ve had enough of it. I’m done with those movies. Whenever I start watching a nollywood movie and I see that is the central idea, I let out an eye roll and find something else to occupy me.

Thank God for cinema movies that are changing the narrative gradually but, you see those smaller movies, they rearly give something other than this. I want to call out a porpular production company known for this kind of movies but, it’s best I zip it and leave it for you to figure out.

As an aspiring filmmaker, I know making a movie is not a walk in the park but, please, Nigerian filmmakers, you can do better. T for thanks.

Shall we begin?

For the sake of people who don’t know what the Met Gala is, let’s dig into some history.

The Met Gala, or Met Ball, formally called the Costume Institute Gala or the Costume Institute Benefit, is an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. It is popularly regarded as the world’s most prestigious celebrity fashion event, and an invitation is highly sought after. Celebrities globally representing diverse professional spheres including fashion, film, television, theater, music, business, sports, social media, and politics are invited to the gala, organized by multinational fashion magazine Vogue.

The Gala is held annually on the first Monday of May. It marks the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Many of the attendees are depicted on the covers and pages of Vogue. Each year’s event celebrates the specific theme of that year’s Costume Institute exhibition, which sets the tone for the formal attire of the night. Guests are expected to curate their fashion to be mostly haute couture and to match the theme of the exhibit. (Wikipedia)

This year’s theme was Gilded Glamour. The theme was set based on the joint 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley. The word Gilded means to show wealth and glamour. Which means that, the celebrities invited for the Gala, had to depict wealth and glamour with their outfits according to the era the novel was set.

Now that we’ve gotten all that history out of the way, let’s get into my head about what I think about some of the looks I saw.

Starting off with the singer Billie Ellish because, in my opinion, she was the best dressed female. She understood the theme and even if she didn’t at first, she did her research and delivered. According to Insider, the look was inspired by an 1885 portrait which was finished at the height of the Gilded Age. Welldone Billie, welldone.

Can we take a second to bask in the gorgeousness of this young man? Shawn Mendes, the Canadian singer, killed it with his military inspired look. He was my best dressed male.

Another celebrity that did her research and delivered the theme was the rapper Cardi B. I’ve never been a Cardi B fan but, the moment I saw her on the red carpet, in my head I was screaming, “Yes girl! Yes!". Her makeup, her hair, her dress, (sigh), lovely.

Nicki Minaj was another rapper that I loved her look. The whole black on black was giving me this rock star vibe. I don’t think her outfit was in line with the theme though but, I loved the look anyway.

Janelle Monae, a fashion goddess, didn’t disappoint in her disco gown and crystal headpiece. Love it and love her.

Can someone please explain what’s going on here? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised because Bad bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper has this “weird" sense of style and he brought it to the Met Gala.

Definitely don’t think Gigi Hadid’s look was on theme but, I love the creativity of her outfit.

Kylie, Kylie, Kylie, her outfit in no way showed Gilded Glamour. But, even though she was off theme, I did like the base ball hat and veil. Considering rocking that on my wedding day because, why not? I guess Kylie just wanted to do her thing because she’s Kylie billionaire Jenner and Kylie billionaire Jenner does what she wants.

Unlike her sister Kylie, Khloe’s outfit met the Gilded Glamour theme. I mean, it was her first Met Gala. It was only right she dressed according to the theme. Not a fan of her but, I believe she did justice to the theme and she looked fabulous.

These are a selected few of the outfits I saw and felt like reviewing from my not so fashionable perspective.

Honestly, if you kept reading to this point, you have my heart. Love and Light.

When I was much younger, the idea I had about locs was that they were for mentally ill (mad) people. You can’t blame my adolescent mind as those were the most common people I saw with locs and in Nigeria, you will find a lot of them roaming the streets. Sometimes I wonder if these people don’t have family members to take care of them. It’s sad.

It wasn’t until 2020 when I decided to change my look with my hair and locs were what I chose to go with, that I started paying attention to what locs was all about. Before that time, I knew locs were an hairstyle that ladies were starting to rock but, I never saw it as more than that, a hairstyle.

But, locs is more than a hairstyle. It’s a statement and, a very bold one at that. When you decide to wear your hair loc’d, what you’re saying is, “I’m choosing to embrace my natural hair and stop conforming to European standards of beauty". At least that’s how I’ve seen it to be and that’s how most loc heads see it too. Some may have had their hair loc’d because they just want to have a go to hairstyle. That was me too until much recently.

Thanks to the many loc heads I follow on Instagram, I was able to have an indepth knowledge about locs and even how the word dreads is not a very accepted word in the loc community. Here in Nigeria, that is the popular word we have been used to calling it, dreads, dreadlocks in full.

Now, let me explain why you should stop calling it that.

The first known examples of the hairstyle date back to ancient Egypt, where dreadlocks appeared on Egyptian artifacts. The Old Testament also recounts the tale of Samson and Delilah in which a man’s potency is directly linked to 'the seven locks on his head' and according to Roman accounts, the Celts were described to have 'hair like snakes' Germanic tribes, Greeks and the Vikings are all said to have worn dreadlocks too.

Rastafarianism however is something entirely separate. It was born in the 1930s when Ras Tafari was crowned emperor of Ethiopia. When the emperor was forced into exile during an invasion, guerrilla warriors swore not to cut their hair until the emperor was reinstated. The religion resonated with the ideologies of the day, for example socialism, Marxism, nationalism and black power. It was therefore, seen as a threat to Christianity and came under attack by the authorities that tried to suppress the 'Rasta' movement and imprisoned those who possessed 'ganja’. Rastafarians smoked cannabis because they thought it prompted a clearer state of well - being. Their dreadlocks were thought to be disgusting and frightening, hence the term 'dread’. (excerpt from knottyboy.com)

After reading that, you can understand why the word dreadlocks when used to refer to a person with locs just doesn’t sit well. You can be forgiven if you say it from a place of ignorance but you, yes you reading this right now, never refer to them as that again. T for thanks.

A lot of people have the idea that locs are dirty and make you look unkempt. Em, I wash my locs once every week and so do many other loc heads. And I guess the “unkempt" look people refer to are the freefrom lockers. People like Mayowa,

and a bunch of others.

Personally, I think freeform locs look cool and sometimes I have an inner battle with myself whether or not to continue with manicured locs or leave my locs to do its thing, that is, freeform. I love the aesthetics of freeform locs but at the same time, I want my locs to show people that have a wrong perception about it that, locs can look like every other appealing hairstyle. Sigh. Such dilemma I’m in.

With that said, here are six women rocking locs that I love.

1. Adanna

Adanna was the one who motivated me to dye my hair fully black. Before I dyed it, I always thought black locs were boring but now, omo, I love my black head of locs better. I’m also inspired by how she started her locs when her hair was short and how her locs have transformed over the years.

2. Chick like moi

Chick like moi has had her locs for thirteen years. She is goals because I hope to keep my locs for that long and more. I also love how slim thick her locs are.

3. Hallease

She also started her locs when her hair was really short and I’m glad to see how her locs look now.

4. Shaunti

When I came across her page and saw her locs, it was love at first sight. I love how full and luscious her locs appear to be.

5. Amy Faye

It’s the thickness of her locs for me. Thick locs have always been the goal since I started my locs and I’m still contemplating combining some of my locs together.

6. Cc Devereux

When I saw her locs, it made me fall in love with micro locs. If I ever start my locs over, I would consider doing microlocs.

There are still a lot of women rocking locs that I love but, these are the ones that top the list.

I leave you with this quote.

The kind of music I have loved listening to have been rap (of which takes the upper most spot on the genere of music I love to listen to), edm, pop, afro beat and a little of r and b. I have never been one to include highlife on my list. Now, I can’t give you a list without placing it there and this happened when I first listened to the album, ROOTS.

By now, you should know who the igbo brothers my title is referring to. If you genuinely don’t know because you can’t be bothered about music, most especially Nigerian music, then, the igbo brothers I’m referring to are The Cavemen. The best duo to have graced the Nigerian music industry. Argue with your subconsciousness.

The Cavemen are a Nigerian Highlife band consisting of sibling duo Kingsley Okorie, a bassist and Benjamin James, a drummer. They were discovered by Lady Donli and are known for their live performances. They won the 2020 Headies Award for the Best Alternative Album. (Wikipedia)

I had known The Cavemen right before I listened to their album Roots but then, I didn’t really pay attention to them like I do now. Now, I can bearly clean my father’s house on a Saturday morning without playing their music.

I was introduced to their album by a friend.

Public service announcement: if you are my friend, suggest good music to me, I will appreciate it. Thanks.

The day I had the time to listen to the album, I was awed. I enjoyed every single song on the album and each song, made me connect with my mother’s tounge which is igbo. Even though I only understand 12% of Igbo, while listening to the songs, it felt like a 100%, no cap. OK, maybe a little cap but, I’m just trying to make you understand how the album awakened a part of me I didn’t know was there. It was the day I began to fall in love with highlife.

I would listen to the album often, enjoying the melodious rhythm and imagining how the songs would make for a good background music to a Nolloywood movie.

When their sophomore album LOVE AND HIGHLIFE came out and I got to know about it, an excited sis wasted no further time and downloaded it. To put it in simple words, I was not disappointed. Although, on this album, I wouldn’t say I connected with all the songs like their fresher album but, 90% of the songs have swept me off my feet and like Oliver Twist, a sis wants more.

I know The Cavemen aren’t going to fade off the Nigerian music industry anytime soon or, at least I’m hoping they don’t like the other talented Nigerian artist who have disappeared from the music industry. They have come, they are conquering and they will continue to conquer, Amen.

If I were to ever write a love note to them, it would go thus:

Dear Cavemen, thank you for putting out indigenous music in a way that appeals to the millennials. I pray your well of creativity never runs dry but instead, keeps flowing and flourishing.

Your biggest fan,

Kansola Ajagbe.

At this point, permit me to borrow the words of Zoey, a character from one of my favourite series, Grownish. What a time to be alive.