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When I was a child of about four years old, my father attended a one-month residential workshop in Ibadan. He always returned on Friday, spent the weekend with us, and left early Monday from Ife to be on time for ...

Look to your weakness, because therein lies your strength. Where you are strongest is where you are weak. Focus not on your achievements Closely embrace your failures. Why are you weak in certain areas, yet strong in others? You are ...

We are the ones born to flyto open wide the feathers of our wingsand like a kite without a careto soar far above the fence Therefore we aim farWhile we are flyingfearlessly soaring through the firmamentflowing toward the spirit of ...

“Iya Oyo!” I hailed. “Baba Oyo told me this story about Orí, and it doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever.” “What story?” she asked. “Is it from his Bible? There are lots of incredulous stories in that book of ...

The Chinese bride, just like the Yoruba bride, must prove on the night of the wedding that she has not dishonored the family. What happens between the Yoruba and the Chinese on the night of the wedding? Let’s call the ...

Ajé is the Yoruba divinity of abundance. It is the divinity of money. I flunked my first Ajé test. I passed subsequent ones, but I flunked the first at age 5. My mother said, “Moyo, go into my handbag. You’ll ...

Joy has a slender and fragile body. It snaps and breaks too readily. The yam on your plate is white and succulent? Be careful not to eat in public. Secure your door firm, conceal the dish with your hands, and ...

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This “news” was weeks in the making, but this time it is official: the city of Soledar has been liberated by the Wagner PMC (with Russian Airborne Forces blocking the city from the North and South). Why did it take ...

Seun Kuti posted the picture on his instragram profile and it was captioned:Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeee!!!! The goal is to become an African Elder ie one that has aged with grace and dignity that the young ones can emulate. I ...