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The Anatomy of Silence & Other Poems

16 July 2022
The Anatomy of Silence (For S.) What do I accept from…
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The history of music in Lagos, Nigeria: 1980s to the 2000s

1 June 2022
Editor’s note:  First published on Yaba Left, this post is…
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The Murder of Alhaji Ayinla Omowura

31 May 2022
A Book Review of Festus Adedayo’s Ayinla Omowura: Life and…
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Nigeria: Aṣa’s fifth album ‘V’ is positive and made in Lagos

1 April 2022
Paris-born Nigerian singer Aṣa’s fifth studio album,…
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How to Use a Friday Night

18 June 2021
Lagos is the city of sin. It plays host to jaded men, lying women…
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The Ordinary Events of a Dying Day

20 January 2021
Kofi was getting married in Warri and I had a morning flight…
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We Want a Divorce

1 May 2020
Clothes, everywhere. Clothes removed with an urgency of passion…
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“A Quest for Sobriety”

15 September 2015
1. The quest for Olo’s sobriety begins one Friday night…
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Easy Junction – The story of a corper getting into trouble

25 July 2013
It is quite unusual to find a young man racing on his feet out…
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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.

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