Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 26, 20201 minThe Roam ExplainedThe Roam’s a media-platform that’s self aware, sharp, and simple. It’s true stories that get right to the heart of cultural, social and...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 25, 20207 minHas Dbanj done what an innocent man would do?To many, Dbanj is King. A juggernaut that lifted a flailing industry, a force to be reckoned with that has entered the unassailable...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 24, 202012 minDbanj’s Koko Concert of 2012 revisited - He’s still as callous now as he was then. Ah! Gah! I need to exorcise some demons. Bear with me. I don't like to do this. The blog is supposed to be a happy place, a place of...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 23, 20204 minI’m a Closet Victim Blamer: Please Help!In these undoubtedly modern times, you’re likely to have had a conversation around victim blaming. Most of the time it’s associated with...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 12, 20205 minRemembering the Loyola 60I have never been good at grief. Some people grieve really well. I tend to stop at depression and start over with denial. This is...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 10, 20206 minAugust 2019 - The Original Hot Fraud Summer!I was on summer holiday when I got a text on my phone. I'd won a million naira. Now, these were the days before the great devaluation. A...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 9, 20204 minOur bodies are sacred A friend of mine has been met with a disaster so great it has shaken me to my core. When I heard of it, I was wounded. I am wounded...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 6, 20202 minThe Roam Cooks: Mysterious Macaroni Yum Yum I have never understood the great cultural debate about cooking. In Nigeria, it seems that everytime the subject is discussed, it...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 5, 20201 minA Correction - Men Rape Women In my recent article, Men Rape Women, I made a mistake. I used a part of a quote published in a Premium Times article. “The Nigerian...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 4, 20203 minNote to Self - Wake up, stay up, don’t give up... you’re only 30I don’t know who told you that life would be easy, that every dream and aspiration would be handed to you on a platter of silver or gold....
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 4, 20202 minA Retraction - Notes on Blackness a Nigerian perspective. I wrote “Notes on Blackness - A Nigerian Perspective” when I was 23. When I finished it, I was proud. Not because it was good - but...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 2, 20204 minNotes on blackness - A Nigerian perspectiveI wasn’t born black. I wasn’t black till I was 17. Before I was 17, Nigeria was my world. Nigeria was my life. It wasn’t that I was...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiJun 1, 20206 minMen Rape WomenOn twitter, or at least the Nigerian chapter of it, a boy, Tife, met a girl, Sansa, and they fell in what they thought was a tolerable...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMay 30, 20205 minBe Careful - Being black can be fatal. As I watched the video (which I can no longer find) of that police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for 3 minutes, 5 minutes, as...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiApr 16, 20203 minHow my dad is coping with social distancing - he’s picked up a hobby. Gardening by proxy. My father, the dear Papa Afam, is dealing with the lockdown as well as can be expected- which is to say not very well at all. Coronic...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiApr 8, 20203 minNothing will ever be the sameMy mornings are sacred. Sometimes I go for a walk with the dogs and a friend. Sometimes I have quiet time. It’s for meditation, for...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 31, 20203 minCoping with the pandemic: Will lemons see me through?Minds are fraying. It’s the uncertainty of it all. Faced with an enemy that we can name, but not see, fear-filled thoughts are bursting...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 27, 20204 minMust love dogs: My journey to mental wellnessI was struggling, drowning. I had a partner, I had a job, I had friends, but they weren’t enough. Nothing was. My spirit was weak. I knew...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 24, 20202 minThe rather apocalyptic thunderstormI'm a ridiculously light sleeper. I don't have any medical explanations for this. But when I think about it, it's probably the direct...
Dami Afam Ade-OdiachiMar 22, 20204 minGrandmama Afam’s got dementiaGrandmama Afam’s got dementia. I realise that this is a rather depressing way to begin a blog post, but it is what it is, and we’ve all...