Category: Travelling

Of all of the blog post titles that the afrobloggers challenge has suggested, today’s title has probably been the most challenging so far. I’m supposed to write about three things that I wish African bloggers could avoid. The first thing that came to my mind was African content creators not feeling pigeonholed into particular categories....

Today is day 10 of the Afrobloggers challenge is all about brand partnerships. I skipped day 9, so I’m feeling somewhat guilty. I have decided that for day 10, I would go a step further and rather than name just one brand that I’d love to work with, I’ll give you 3! Brand partnerships offer...

I’ve never been a proverbs kinda girl. In fact, realising that I’d have to share 5 proverbs, had me shooketh. My initial instinct was to turn to my old friend: google. Alas, I had an epiphany. I am the child of Nigerian immigrants! There’s bound to be a proverb or 50, that’s in my vernacular....

Gunfire has erupted and the loud screech of the locals can be heard for miles. I call them locals, but they are actually my neighbours.  Bolu, my best friend and her family live to the right of our house, whilst on our left are the Okafors. The youngest daughter is called Adanna, she’s my other...

I hope you read that R.E.S.P.E.C.T, the way Aretha sang it. Respect. the very thing that Nigerian culture seems to have been founded on. When asked to share one thing about my culture, there was so much that I could have written about. The culture of naming babies was one. (Did you know that it’s...

When we think of the word grief, the first thing that might come to mind is the death of someone important. Though this can be the most painful type of loss associated with grief, there are other losses that many of us may have endured through the recent pandemic; for example, the loss of a...