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OLOLADE MI ASAKE- The Messiah
It was sometime in the early 1900s. Between the adjustments to the new Crown rule and the outbreak of measles, in the remote village of Ijebu Igbo, a male child was born. To his parents, he held a promise of wealth, their very own promised child. For this reason, on the eight-day of his birth,…
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‘somewhere over the rainbow’
This piece was written under the influence of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole In my lifetime, I have watched people die two times. I was a little over nine when my grandmother breathed her last on my childhood bed and smiled at me. I don’t know if its right to say the smile…
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Zinoleesky Omo Ologo
I was taking a drive to the newly opened train station with more questions than answers for my designated driver. We had a fight the day before and he kept on pestering me to unbottle before him the root of the matter. Admittedly, I enjoyed the attention I was getting and the feeling of someone…
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Obongjayar
It was one of the calmest Friday evenings. The rain had poured and washed away all of the heartache that I had felt gripping my heart. I was very cold. This Friday, I had decided to visit a friend, Kofo. She had just become my friend at this time. She was ransacking for clothes to…
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‘we should have been the only kids’
Stir-fry- Migos What’s your earliest memory of each other? Jessica: We used to travel to an aunt who had a son that was a bully. Whenever he tried to bully Michelle, I would always want to protect her because I felt like she’s my sister and we came from the same place. I think this…
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‘this is not the end of our story’
Hotline Bling- Drake What’s your earliest memory of each other? Sarah: I knew him in high school. We didn’t use to talk a lot until we had a school camp. He liked a a girl that he wanted to ask out and we were planning how we’d do it at camp. We had a conversation…
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We’re locked in for Life
My Nigga- YG What’s your earliest memory of each other? Mustapha: I met Tomiwa in secondary. I didn’t like him initially but we became friends in our last year in high school Tomiwa: Hmm Me: I don’t think Tomiwa agrees with the version of this story Tomiwa: The first time he walked into class, he…
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‘time with you feels like eternity on the turbo speed’
Too Bad -Show Dem Camp, Amaarae, Tems. What is your earliest memory of each other? Wale: laughs hysterically for at least two minutes. Olumide why are you laughing? Me: I THINK THE JOKE IS ON ME OH Olamide: it was at a party I didn’t want to be at because I ran away to your…
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Debauchery- That Way
Young Thug- Hate the Game The great Philosopher, Young Thug once said ‘I f**ked her the first night and then I never called again. Next time Lil’ Shawty seen me, I was riding with her friend’ and these great words changed my life. Nothing hit me as much as when he said ‘Do not hate…
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infinity is you.
One of the most popular stories you would most likely hear if you visit my parents as my friend is how I wanted to marry my dad as a child. I have never for once doubted the authenticity of this story. In my early years, my mom was not always present at home. She was…
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