BUSAYO
On Stillness
And to think a summer of boredom could do that, could possibly change the trajectory of how my mind works, and how I deal with life,
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BUSAYO
Oct 286 min read
Ondo, With Love
My first few years in Ondo town, I used the forest that stretched out before my school as a metaphor for the dense aloneness that I felt
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BUSAYO
Oct 177 min read
Housejob Chronicles: A Year Later
It is still such a head-spinning thing, that I have the skills and knowledge to actually save someone’s life. What a humbling privilege
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BUSAYO
Sep 285 min read
The Shifters of The Hills: Notes On A Story
My story ends with an almost happy ending. Almost. Because I am deeply fascinated by endings that are open-ended. That are not real endings.
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BUSAYO
Aug 156 min read
Life On The Islands: Review of Tomorrow Died Yesterday.
But really, the big underlying hurt I noticed in this book is the loss of agency that Niger deltans have in what happens to their own land
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BUSAYO
Jul 167 min read
Taking The Step
I just don’t feel like I’m someone that could ever be okay with being average.
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BUSAYO
May 306 min read
"Exploring African Myth: A Review of the Novel 'Shigidi'
It is interesting to me the angle that this author writes the book in. Shigidi is a book about heists, about unlikely anti-heroes and...
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BUSAYO
Apr 227 min read
A Balancing Act: How to Write when you have work and life to do.
To be honest, balancing everything has never been so easy. It was a very different thing when I was a student and now that I work.
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BUSAYO
Apr 87 min read
Book Review: Longthroat Memoirs - A Culinary Adventure through Nigeria
A thing that makes me appreciate this book is a thing the author points out – that it is a book that goes where few other writers have
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BUSAYO
Mar 116 min read
I'm Back!
#FirstPost
It is more than two months into 2024, and this is the very first blog post.
This is very, very unusual for me. And I explain why.
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BUSAYO
Dec 31, 20234 min read
A Post-Christmas List III
Christmas came - a quiet, harmattan-essenced day and it felt so much like a normal day. Like any other Saturday but in a lovely way
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BUSAYO
Dec 20, 20237 min read
JOY: A YEAR IN REVIEW
The thing is, hard years are difficult to learn from while you still live in them. It takes going back sometimes, to realize what you reall
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BUSAYO
Nov 20, 20236 min read
On Writing Workshops & Creativity
One of the workshop leaders pointed out how important it is to be kind while giving feedback
I think everyone should know how to give advice
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BUSAYO
Oct 18, 20235 min read
Taking The World In
#OctoberReset SO… this is the blog post I promised you back in September. Aren’t you happy to hear from me? Well, I am to be writing to...
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BUSAYO
Sep 24, 20234 min read
RESTING
So many things that I didn’t believe I could do, I did without breaking too much of a sweat or without so much anxiety.
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BUSAYO
Aug 30, 20233 min read
A Necessary Good
Being human, is such an interesting experience, and viewing it from this angle has shown me many things that I am still trying to process
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BUSAYO
Aug 15, 20234 min read
It's All Good
I hope I am coming here a lot better. With a clearer mind, a fresher perspective. And something nice to share with you.
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BUSAYO
Jun 30, 20235 min read
THE KINSMEN: Notes On A Story
My speculative short story The Kinsmen, got published in an anthology printed by A Coup of Owls press. This is my second time being featured
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BUSAYO
Jun 22, 20235 min read
A CELEBRATION
Some birthday things. The Blog-anniversary 2.0. And a SPECIAL SURPRISE
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BUSAYO
May 30, 20234 min read
In The In-between
Being in the middle, is just has hard as being at the beginning, or facing the end of something.
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