Tunde Odesola S-s-s-s-h-h-h! Q-u-i-e-t! I’m in the Forest of a Thousand Demons. Please, don’t fear for my safety, I’m ok. It’s dangerous, though. I can only...
Tunde Odesola Like Tom and Jerry, Ebora chases Artikú down the road, clutching a machete and a horn in each hand, a few cowries and amulets...
By Suyi Ayodele There are two insects in Yoruba cosmology that are similar. But they are very distinct. One is oyin (Bee). The other is agbon...
By Nnimmo Bassey The important position of indigenous food systems in the struggle for food sovereignty cannot be over emphasized. We understand this by reminding ourselves...
By Suyi Ayodele In our elementary History classes, we were told of three different Attas. One of them is Atta of Ayede Ekiti. The second is...
Tunde Odesola Are dogs clairvoyant? People in the market square believe so. Mouths ajar, traders watched as over half a dozen village dogs barked and wagged...
By Suyi Ayodele There was a funeral ceremony in the neighbourhood. Guests came from Lagos and other big cities. One of the guests, a randy fellow,...
Tunde Odesola Life is hard enough without sniffing drugs. Hard drugs appear in the horizon like golden gates of escape, but they’re traps in reality. Hard...
Tunde Odesola With a halo round his head, Pelé packed lightning in his right foot, thunder in his left; the reason his footsteps sparkled, the reason...
By Suyi Ayodele Olusegun Obasanjo publicly endorsed Peter Obi for president on New Year’s Day and the Emi Lokan people dismissed what the former president has...