WRITINGS

The Anatomy of Silence & Other Poems
The Anatomy of Silence
(For S.)
What do I accept from…

The history of music in Lagos, Nigeria: 1980s to the 2000s
Editor’s note: First published on Yaba Left, this post is…

The Murder of Alhaji Ayinla Omowura
A Book Review of Festus Adedayo’s Ayinla Omowura: Life and…

Nigeria: Aṣa’s fifth album ‘V’ is positive and made in Lagos
Paris-born Nigerian singer Aṣa’s fifth studio album,…

How to Use a Friday Night
Lagos is the city of sin. It plays host to jaded men, lying women…

The Ordinary Events of a Dying Day
Kofi was getting married in Warri and I had a morning flight…

We Want a Divorce
Clothes, everywhere. Clothes removed with an urgency of passion…
DAMI AJAYI
Dami Ajayi finds a way to fuse being a writer into his busy doctor schedule. Known as Jolly Papa (JP for short) by his friends—a sobriquet he took from a song by Rex Lawson—the poet cum doctor cum music critic makes seamless transitions between these orbits around which his life rotates.