Dami Afam Ade-Odiachi5 days ago4 minDoes Burna Boy have a problem?I like him. I do. I heard his song We like to party in 2012. And I liked it. I did. I saw him live later that year. And I liked him. I...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 169 minBFG's Story of the APC Convention (What da What happened at the APC Hullaballoo!!!)There’s a place on Earth like no other in all the world. I have journeyed far, and I have travelled wide, if not in person, then at least...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 153 minThe Difference between Morning Food and Breakfast“You must form a routine.” My dad said this to me more than once. I listened, but I didn’t do anything. I didn’t have it in me. When...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 64 minA Requiem for Owo. I have seen a video. In it there are bodies, dead, lying side by side. The camera pans quickly. There’s a woman in pink kneeling. Her...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 34 minThe Lesson from Johnny Depp vs. Amber HeardWhen I think of the matters that arose between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, my brain goes blank. There is so much noise that it might as...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMay 314 minThe takeover, the break's over - If you're fucked, how do you get unfucked?I need a minute to restore myself. How? Hours of YouTube. Do you know there’s a new YouTube trend? People… maybe bots - the difference...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiSep 20, 20214 minAngerIt is nebulous. It is in the air. Red. My mouth is sour. Black. There is tension. My eyes have drawn tight. My teeth are clenched. My...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiSep 20, 20212 minDealing with pain on fragile daysWhen people say pain, I scoff a bit. “You don’t know my pain” they say. Of course I don’t. Even they told me about it, I wouldn’t get it,...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiSep 13, 20213 minBaby StepsIs it commitment that is the problem? Do I not know my own mind? But baby steps, baby steps. I will relearn my mind. It’s funny you know....
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJul 2, 20217 minDoes how you're feeling really matter at all? My mum complains about how I speak, how I refer to people my age and those younger than me. I call myself a boy, even though at 31, I...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiApr 20, 20213 minThe Beer at Bature BreweryIt’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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiApr 2, 20213 minI 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 30, 20216 minThe Covid Vaccine and other storiesI 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 16, 20217 min#OprahMeghanHarry - A fatal blow against the culture of silenceI 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,...
Toni PetersMar 8, 20213 minToni 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 2, 20214 minPuff-PuffTake 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiFeb 28, 20214 minIs 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiFeb 26, 20213 minThe story of Bruce Onobrakpeya's exhibition, Façade, as told by its Curator Kennii EkundayoBruce Onobrakpeya’s exhibition, Façade, at Art 21 is fantastic. It’s like a holiday, but instead going to the beaches of the Gambia or...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiFeb 23, 202112 minA Depression StoryMy 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...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiFeb 22, 20214 minBruce Onobrakpeya's Exhibition at Art 21, Facade, is like walking into WonderlandThere’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...