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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this thing under your skin
“That Yellow Paw-paw na”, Chinwe said again. Chinwe was sitting with other girls in front of the SS2 block. They were talking about the new Junior student who wouldn’t do anything that wasn’t in the school curriculum. This included serving punishment, doing chores or running errands for seniors. It didn’t help that she was the … Continue reading this thing under your skin
Brother Seun (A Bankole Banjo Flash fiction)
She was on her knees, tears welled up in her eyes. "I am tired, Daddy. I want out." "No no my daughter. It is against the Word." "Daddy, which Word? Ehn, which Word? Seun wan kill me." "Kill bawo? Ki lo se?" "Daddy GO, o se bebe. Seun wants it every day. Na food?" "Ah. … Continue reading Brother Seun (A Bankole Banjo Flash fiction)
Nobody is Watching
“Write as though nobody is watching…” These words from Dan Brown struck me as I scrolled through Instagram. You see for a few weeks, I’ve been thinking about what my first post of the year should be. I’ve written so many articles but nothing seemed good enough to herald in all the great stuff I’ll … Continue reading Nobody is Watching
The Driving Test
I don’t like tests. Don’t get me wrong, I pass them. But I don’t like them. Reason? How does my answering them correctly indicate that I really know what I know? How do 5 sets of questions determine that I have really learnt what I was meant to over a period of time? What if … Continue reading The Driving Test
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