On power, appropriateness and the ‘gossip’ toolOne of the ideas I have become consumed with over the last 5 years is the concept of power. How we wield it, how it influences the…Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
The Milkmaid proves Nollywood is capable of more than we give it credit forThe Milkmaid has had quite a journey before it reached me as a pre-event screener. Finished in 2018, it has been banned by the Nigerian…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
People are buying the Alexis, Not MelodiaAnyone with a cursory interest in Nigerian fashion has heard of the Alexis dress from Melodia_NG. A viral hit that started gaining…Jan 6, 20211Jan 6, 20211
FOLIE A DEUXI wrote this in March 2013, a particularly hard month for me. I’d just been given TheNakedConvos column, The Alchemist, and it mattered to…Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2018
Sufjan Stevens is Tonya HardingI really wish I hadn’t listened to Sufjan Stevens “Tonya Harding” before I saw the film adaption Sufjan had written the song for, finally…Jan 21, 20181Jan 21, 20181
Fiona Apple: Valentine.I’m most inspired by music. There are worlds and worlds of stories crammed into three minute songs, worlds that unfurl when you put on your…May 31, 2017May 31, 2017
Published inDanfomaticKa M Kuo MeI have spent the last month platonically sharing a bed with one of my two great loves and corresponding with the other. Its almost like the…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
Published inDanfomaticLost NightThe music plays, it’s slow and languid. People sway in front, their chests breaching the raised dais. Their eyes turn dreamily at the lead…Feb 14, 2017Feb 14, 2017
Published inDanfomaticThe Curious Case of The Literary Stage ParentThere is a whole sub-genre of reality television dedicated to the stage parent. The literary stage parent is an adjacent celebrity, and…Jan 16, 20171Jan 16, 20171
SparkOne more time, you say. We owe it to ourselves to try. But what you dont say is that there is no us anymore. We have unraveled and I, I…Jan 7, 2017Jan 7, 2017
Published inDanfomaticSometimes Leveling up means stepping down.Let me tell you about my bestie Deola (yes I have several, so shush). I have known her for half a decade and we’ve been best friends the…Dec 23, 20163Dec 23, 20163
Published inDanfomaticResponding to Pettiness with Kindness is Stupid, Don’t be stupid.I lost a friend yesterday. To be honest, I considered him an acquaintance at best, and regarded him a nuisance most of the time. This…Dec 15, 20161Dec 15, 20161
ExcerptAfter the spectacular unraveling of the thing Paternak and I had built, a thing that had started cased in immaturity and juvenile…Nov 6, 2016Nov 6, 2016
