Our Parents Are Aging, What Are We Going To Do?
While we are trying to do what is best for them, they too are grabbling with their own fragile failing...
Wait! Who Prescribed Your Birth Control Pills?
A dermatologist is a skin doctor and should not prescribe birth control for you. I won’t even mention a skin...
When Younger Siblings Outgrow Your ‘Authority.’
My first reaction when all these changes were happening was anger. I wanted to pull her ears and tell her...
What Concerns Us With Black History Month?
Nigeria is the most populous black nation on earth. So, if African Americans whose ancestors were taken from our shores...
Take The Pressure Off Valentine’s Day
Not every time perfume and chocolate. Maybe buy a book, pay for a course, something they want or something they’ve...
Who Connected You? And Other Nonsense Naija Questions
As Nigerians we have been conditioned to think that without the help of wealthy well connected parents, or some influential...
Secrets Your Favourite Older Aunty Wishes She Could Tell You
I got married at 17. I wanted to go to school but my father said he cannot educate a woman....
What Bridgerton Tells Us About Childhood Family Trauma
I, for one, didn’t have a good relationship with my mother. We never saw eye to eye but as I...
The Relationship That Nearly Ruined My Life
If I made a mistake, or said something he didn’t like, Mr. O would break up with me and I...
Hitting The Dreaded 30th Birthday And Making My Peace With It
Like many women, the prospect of turning 30 feels so significant, like an age that cements you, finally, into adulthood....
