by fisayo | Feb 12, 2020 | Social Issues
One morning, I walked up to my mother to inform her of my desire to adopt a child when I am married: she exclaimed, “olorun o ni je, won bi iwona ni wa bi ti e (God forbid, you will give birth to your children as I gave birth to you). This my Nigerian mother ehn! The...
by fisayo | Jan 21, 2020 | Social Issues, Uncategorized
I never got to know Pius Adesanmi before his demise. Not even through his books or social media handles. At his demise, I read Facebook posts that related Adesanmi’s displeasure over the height of mediocrity in Nigeria. I make bold to say that Nigerians enjoy...
by fisayo | Jan 10, 2020 | Gender Discourse, Poems
I am calling it by its name I know this is weird Awkward Irk . . . It sucks to see those bloodstains And calling it “period” Is too polite It makes it lack the essence of its true meaning During menstruation I go through hell When I am back It...
by fisayo | Jan 5, 2020 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues
Our books lied to us. It made us unaware, uneducated, similar, inhumane, and unsympathetic. These adjectives describe how I feel about my secondary school biology class. Biology only taught me about two sexes: Male and Female; who possess unique chromosomes – XX...
by fisayo | Dec 25, 2019 | Gender Discourse, Lifestyle, Social Issues
In December 2016, I was one of The Platform (Nigeria)’s Young Professional Bootcamp (YBP) cohorts. During one of our sessions, a Human Resource expert said something that I held with me until date. He stated that it is unnecessary to add our families as...
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