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An Ibadan Girl’s Guide to Fireworks
Hola! I’m back with a new story. I had originally written this story sometime in 2020, right before Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations. I never got round to publishing it then but here you go! FIREWORKS I love fireworks. I love the way they light up the sky like it’s the 1st of October. The bright,…
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An Ibadan Girl’s Guide to Living
Lol, yes. Here’s a guide to living. Too often, I find myself waiting to live … simply existing and going through the motions in the present while I set my sights and all that is within me on the future that I envision for myself. I remember wondering, when I graduated from law school, where…
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AN IBADAN GIRL’S GUIDE TO BEING 20 AGAIN
I remember the first day I realised that time only goes forward. I was 8 or 9 at the time and the realisation seemed huge and scary. To be honest, it still feels huge and scary every time I think about it. At the time, it dawned on me that every single second that had…
Oyinkan Adebimpe 