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18 hours ago
3 min

The story of Bruce Onobrakpeya's exhibition, Façade, as told by its Curator Kennii Ekundayo

Bruce Onobrakpeya’s exhibition, Façade, at Art 21 is fantastic. It’s like a holiday, but instead going to the beaches of the Gambia or da...

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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

4 days ago
12 min

A Depression Story

My name is Afam and I'm depressed. There I said it. Weight lifted. Yippee kai yay! That right there is a lie. There's no weight that's li...

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Bruce Onobrakpeya's Exhibition at Art 21, Facade, is like walking into Wonderland

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

5 days ago
4 min

Bruce Onobrakpeya's Exhibition at Art 21, Facade, is like walking into Wonderland

There’s a Nigerian artist so great, so good, so masterful, so… so many so-s, that it is a sin - an absolute travesty, that he is not more...

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Valentines Day: Celebrating love lost (An Exorcism for my Valentines)

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 18
3 min

Valentines Day: Celebrating love lost (An Exorcism for my Valentines)

I remember what it feels like to be in love. The first time I felt the feeling most completely, I said in an email: “I have found someone...

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Weetabix and Heinz Baked Beans "Just Right" says Afam

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 11
3 min

Weetabix and Heinz Baked Beans "Just Right" says Afam

One of the best things about social media is the access it gives us. We’re connected to everything and everyone, all at once. It’s a hype...

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What happens when a man falls from the 7th floor of 1004?

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 9
5 min

What happens when a man falls from the 7th floor of 1004?

I wonder what he saw as he fell. Did he see the sky? Did he remember the things he loved in the world? Did he only see the pavement, the ...

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Malcolm and Marie: Good because it's basically reality television.

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 8
3 min

Malcolm and Marie: Good because it's basically reality television.

Love is a layered, complicated thing. Most relationships aren’t perfect, or healthy and most people aren’t good. Who knows why two people...

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Nigeria’s Central Bank begins boxing match against Bitcoin. Our money’s on Bitcoin.

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 5
5 min

Nigeria’s Central Bank begins boxing match against Bitcoin. Our money’s on Bitcoin.

There’s a television show I used to watch. It’s called Shameless. It is about the very poor and altogether ridiculous dysfunctional famil...

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Kó Art Space wows with Ngozi - Omeje Ezema's Boundless Vases

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 4
3 min

Kó Art Space wows with Ngozi - Omeje Ezema's Boundless Vases

Human creativity is a lovely thing. It’s why we read books, it’s why we watch films, it’s why we go to museums and art galleries. We do i...

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Drinking! Fun in your twenties, violent in your 30s.

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 3
3 min

Drinking! Fun in your twenties, violent in your 30s.

My hangovers are violently inconsistent. The lightheaded heavy-headed foggy feeling of head and brain accompanied by waves of nausea, a t...

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Remembering DJ Babus, the excellent creator of heavenly vibes

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Feb 2
5 min

Remembering DJ Babus, the excellent creator of heavenly vibes

It’s always terrible when people, good or wicked, die young. If they were good, you think of all the light that they would have brought t...

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Many thoughts about Bolu Okupe's sprint out the closet

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Jan 29
9 min

Many thoughts about Bolu Okupe's sprint out the closet

A Nigerian boy, Bolu Okupe came out as gay on instagram. He posted a picture of himself with the caption, “Yes. I’m gay AF.” AF here stan...

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How Zenith Bank dulled the Lagos Christmas vibe

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 22, 2020
3 min

How Zenith Bank dulled the Lagos Christmas vibe

Christmas in Lagos, Nigeria is a little bit legendary. There’s this mood, this spirit, this vibe… it’s infectious, undeniable, sexy even....

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The Karachi Boys have been rescued! However, all is not well.

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 21, 2020
8 min

The Karachi Boys have been rescued! However, all is not well.

On Friday, 18 December 2020 over 300 boys who had been kidnapped from the Government Science secondary school in Kankara, Katsina on the ...

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Thoughts about a Nigerian former Minister

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 17, 2020
3 min

Thoughts about a Nigerian former Minister

I suppose if I met her, being a well mannered, easy going man, with fantastic “home training”, I wouldn’t bring up the corruption thing. ...

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Pandemic living: The memory of Chef Imoteda's Chicken Burger gives me hope for the future

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 15, 2020
3 min

Pandemic living: The memory of Chef Imoteda's Chicken Burger gives me hope for the future

Every now and then I find myself thinking of pre-pandemic life; the parties, the brunches, the dinners, we went to without fear of infect...

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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 12, 2020
5 min

Gossip Girl Revisited

Once a generation, there’s a bit of content, so relevant, so transformative - definitive, that it affects the lives of everyone within a ...

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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Dec 9, 2020
6 min

Is Davido 2020's Messiah?

In Lagos, Nigeria, in February, or it could have been January, 2020 - it is difficult to recall everything that’s happened in this centur...

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Talking love with Ogilvey: Leave the past where it belongs... in the past.

Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Nov 16, 2020
9 min

Talking love with Ogilvey: Leave the past where it belongs... in the past.

“Let’s talk about your last relationship.” That’s Ogilvey. A friend for 13 years. A pal for life, a buddy for love. It’s interesting how w...

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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi

Nov 10, 2020
6 min

How I feel about #ENDSARS

I cannot think. I can barely breathe. I am tired. I am defeated. There’s a cloud around me too thick to be pierced by even the most viole...

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