"We are moving to Lagos", Daddy announced that evening. We were excited. Finally, this Lagos that we only visited for birthdays or parties or holidays, we were finally going to live there. We are going to be big people in Lagos, we thought to ourselves. As we drove in my Dad's Datsun car, headed into … Continue reading Of Bridges and the Three Wise Men
Author: Taiwo Odumala
What I Think about the Super Bowl LIV Commercials
https://youtu.be/trfbpONj3dk This year, the Super Bowl had it all. The good, the um-what’s-going-on-here and the Aha-I-See-what-You-Did-There. For me, Mountain Dew definitely falls in the “What’s going on here” category. Perhaps, I just don’t understand it. That’s fine, I guess. From Jason Momoa literally shedding skin for Rocket Mortgage to Chrissy & John’s Genesis … Continue reading What I Think about the Super Bowl LIV Commercials
Mister Man
Mister Man. Sometimes, I refuse. To tell you how good you are. Like Onigbagbe, I forget... how your words have watered me on hot harmattan days You can take it, I say, when I draw and draw and draw and draw from your patience... Onisuuru... that Well that seems so endless. I forget. Like Onigbagbe. … Continue reading Mister Man
Confession (A Bankole Banjo flash fiction)
She had not been to confession in ages. But she always believed in the sacrament of penance. Now Gbenga had pushed her to her tether’s end and she needed to tell someone. Not just anyone. Someone trusted. “Father, I have sinned,” she began. *** Lagbaja’s bata drum intro woke him from his sleep. His ringtone … Continue reading Confession (A Bankole Banjo flash fiction)
The Art of Storytelling in Branding and Marketing
Once upon a time in a land so far away, there lived a princess in a beautiful castle. If ever read a lot of childhood stories, you’d be very familiar with these particular kinds of beginning. Well, these kinds of stories mostly happen in Disney World and they almost always ended happily. In advertising, … Continue reading The Art of Storytelling in Branding and Marketing
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