Well, no need to pressure me, I fully admit it: I am hooked to Indian films! Actually, it is more about Indian television soaps, and not even in the plural. At the moment I am just infatuated with this series from 2005 called Saloni, which is the name of the main female character. Do I … More Saloni
I am so ashamed of myself. While, in Paris, many people are mourning their loved ones taken away by hate, I didn’t have the dignity to restrain myself from hating someone that parked his car in front of my house and was nowhere to be seen. The person left enough space for me to drive … More While Paris is mourning
A quick post, just to share with you this beautiful picture by photographer Fabrice Monteiro. I first saw his work at an Exhibition by AAF (African Artists’ Foundation) a few weeks ago at Eko Hotel, in Lagos, and I liked it a lot. Yesterday, I saw it again while driving by Falomo roundabout where the same … More THE PROPHECY
I had a great weekend thanks to the run I took part in on Saturday. Well, I am using the words « took part in» very loosely as I didn’t really run, but at least I was there to cheer the winners up when they were receiving their trophies! The event, called Run for a … More Run For a Cure
I don’t really want to talk politics on my blog but then when you air your views on migrants or even about black hair you are already being political so why not go all the way! Well, this will have to be for another day, as what is making me speak about Thomas Sankara, this … More Thomas Sankara, a true African leader
These last days, life has been throwing lemons at me, and there is no sugar left! How do I make lemonade? I remember when I used to think that I was somehow very special to God, so special that nothing bad will ever happen to me. And I had all the reasons to believe that, … More Lemons and lemonade
I read this startling information the other day, on Yahoo news: Education is not a sure way to overcome poverty as far as African Americans are concerned. According to that article*, in several cases, African American university graduates are not better off than their uneducated peers! I don’t support conspiracy theories against blacks but it … More Building wealth
This is a list of four books that made me reflect about what it means to be a human being, to choose good over bad, to look for the truth. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, published in 1866 In his novel, Dostoevsky is trying to find an answer to the following question: God is dead, … More God is dead. So now, what?
Weekend is on the corner. One more day to go and we will be free at last! You can be passionate about your work, but still, it can be draining, especially, here, in Lagos. But yet, we like living in the pulsating heart of this wild town. Further more, when she stops being so guarded and reveals … More The other side of Lagos
As everybody knows, what best embodies Lagos, is its traffic. I am late because I was stuck in traffic, is like the best excuse ever here, because it is most likely to be true! So living in Surulere, when I have an appointment on the Island, I always plan to leave my house between one hour … More The day I almost arrived early to an appointment in Lagos
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