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It’s so hot during the day now that every five minutes or so I find myself thinking of beer. The bubbles, the frosted glass, the bone...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Apr 2
- 3 min
I am not a goddess... Unless I say I am exhibition by Sabo Art Gallery shows women as themselves.
I am not a goddess… Unless I say I am, was an exhibition put together by the Sabo Art Advisory, to celebrate Women’s History Month. The...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Mar 30
- 6 min
The Covid Vaccine and other stories
I saw him, my friend. He was standing on a chair. Vibing, swaying with the music. This was at a Lagos Nightclub in the great before, when...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Mar 16
- 7 min
#OprahMeghanHarry - A fatal blow against the culture of silence
I stayed up. There was work in the morning, but I stayed up. I had an event to get to. #OprahMeghanHarry. 2am to 4am WAT. A media legend,...
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Toni Peters
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Toni Talks Tech: Lessons from the rice cooker.
The other day on twitter, there was a conversation around the essence of a rice cooker. For some, it is technology that makes life...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Puff-Puff
Take two cups of water, add half a cup of sugar, a half spoon of salt, two and a half spoons of yeast. Pour three and a half cups of...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Feb 28
- 4 min
Is it legal for Nigerian Banks to enforce the CBN's retroactive penalty for trading crypto?
Nigeria’s a funny place. It isn’t Ha! Ha! Funny. It’s funny in this way. There’s a man. He’s walking towards a patch of ice. It’s really...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Feb 26
- 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...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Feb 23
- 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...
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Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi
- Feb 22
- 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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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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