Ok, the last time I took off without any introduction I started by begging for my inconsistency, I wonder how I should start this. Alright, I wont bore you with the apologies this time; suffice it to say that a lot has happened and I am going to go through them in a rush so… Read More »
On June 9 my grandmother was buried. I would really have loved to elaborate on what went on during the burial but I think that it suffices to say that it was a carnival of sorts. The corpse was brought from the morgue on June 8 and there was some ceremony in the evening. The… Read More »
I have not been able to post anything on my blog for the past few days because I have been busy running around. I have just made an application to the University of Ibadan for a PhD programme in African Studies (Anthropology option). Doesn’t that just sound a bit strange, especially if one thinks that… Read More »
Today (21 April) is my birthday. I woke up at a friend’s house in Lagos. I don’t think I have mentioned it around here that I am currently in a town close to the Nigerian border with the Republic of Benin, to learn French. Well, I am. I decided to learn French for two reasons.… Read More »
By 14.10 on April 5, Mrs. Abigail Kehinde Olugboji died. She was 87 years old. Those are the facts. Yea, my maternal grandmother died at the relatively old age of 87. Not many people would think that calls for any sorrow: she was old, wasn’t she? But for all those who have recorded the death… Read More »
By the heading of this post I am sure you would have got the message that I didn’t get the job. Oh yea, I didn’t. Yesterday morning, I sent an SMS to Iye, the lady I met at the interview, and She replied that she got her letter of offer by email and that I… Read More »
I got to Abuja, the capital city of my country, Nigeria, Thursday March 2 and went to the hotel accommodation provided by the organisation. Friday morning, after a drive around Central Area, during which I almost lost my nerves, the driver of the taxi and I finally found the ActionAid office. I located the office… Read More »
At about 9 p.m. on Sunday, someone called me and asked if I would be available for an interview on Friday. I was a little surprised. For one, organisations are not known for working on Sundays, especially at night. When I started asking the guy questions about where he was calling from the call went… Read More »
Sorry that I have not been consistent. Well, consistent wouldn’t be the word now, would it? I posted only once, with my worries and ruminations, and then I stopped posting. Now, I am posting again. I think I should say, with a measure of sureness, that I will do more of this as from now… Read More »
Anybody ever worried about steps? Anybody ever thought about how a foot is placed before the other, and then the other before it? I have finished one phase of my life and taking the next step, putting the other foot in front of the present one, seems to be a bigger deal than I ever… Read More »