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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 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
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
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
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
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Each One Beautiful
Because oddly, the world always stays beautiful, it always remains bright and hopeful for you. And I always want to remember that
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BUSAYO
Apr 21, 20235 min read
Going Home
It made me realize that there are so many angles to the idea of what home could be – from home as a place, to home as the people you love
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Ameavhie Ella
Apr 7, 20235 min read
REVIEW: Love In Colour Pt II
‘two people may be soulmates but they may not be in love’.
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BUSAYO
Feb 14, 20235 min read
A Note On Love
I think it's because we saw that the other person could know our deepest fears, and still think of us as worthy of that love. It changes us
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BUSAYO
Dec 29, 20224 min read
Another [post] Christmas List
Because we sit at the precipice of new beginnings, I cannot help but share some of the things that can carry us gently into the New Year.
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Ameavhie Ella
Dec 23, 20225 min read
REVIEW: Love In Colour
To close out the year, why not do so with a review of a book that is about all of the many wondrous ways that love can exist.
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BUSAYO
Nov 30, 20225 min read
A Year In Music
This year, I touched a bit on how music shapes my creativity. Well, this will be the post where I discuss that even further...
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Ameavhie Ella
Nov 5, 20227 min read
REVIEW: My Sister, The Serial Killer
This reminds me of something I read on twitter that says ”No Two Kids Can Have the Same Parents” this is funny, but it is true.
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Ameavhie Ella
Sep 28, 20228 min read
REVIEW: On Monday of Last Week
On Monday of Last Week is a really intriguing piece. The fact that I could relate with this story was one of the reasons I picked it to writ
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BUSAYO
Sep 8, 20226 min read
The Friends We Hold
Many people have experienced this loss – having someone who was so close to you ...what do you do when the fire of that love is just.. lost?
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