LOCKED DOWN, LOCKED UP AND SET FREE
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.”
FELA RESURRECTS
There was something mystical about watching the Fela Broadway show during Easter and at this time of elections in Nigeria. Learning more about his life story, and fusing it with what I had known before this time, made it seem that a messiah who truly cared for the masses and even ran for presidency had […]
HAIR
On black women and artificial hair…..just wondering o?….I hope I’m not looking for trouble
A DIFFERENT VALENTINE WITH THE SAME OLD LOVE
It was 14th February 2002 and it was Valentine’s Day again. Well, I had resigned myself to a quiet day since I had nothing going for me. Depressingly my video cassette recorder got bad the day before, so my plan to watch an action movie while romantics were snuggling was not to be.
FELT IT
A cab drove up beside my car in traffic this morning. There were three ladies at the back and one of them caught my eye. She was at the far right, furthest away from me but I got a good view of her as she stared out of the open window.
DID YOU USED TO COME FIRST
Some may have made that claim to their children, rightfully or wrongfully. Well, that first appeared on my report card twice so I have the right to say it to mine . The other two times it should have, our performance rating was for the overall class set and I was knocked down to fifth and […]
CHURCHING IN AMERICA
While in America for the first time in 2003 on a three month course, I visited four different churches. The beauty about visiting different churches is that it gives one a glimpse of the different people one will meet in heaven.