Hello Royalty! You can already tell why we are here today! THE BLOG IS 4! See that? You and I rocking this space back and forth…and what do we have here? Four good years! I am excited, and sincerely, this is an appreciation post from the very depths of my heart. Thank you and thank […]
Browsing Category: Literature
SHORT STORY | Rape
Hello Royalty! I wrote this story in September, on a bus, on my way home, thinking of all the many things that come with the word, “rape,”: the offenders, apologists, protesters, and most importantly, victims. I wanted it to be a longer story, but like most of my short stories, it kind of decided where […]
SHORT STORY || The Death Conversation
Hello Royalty. Adebimpe was who you called the power woman. Her strides were fearful, and when her lips parted in speech, an aura of fearlessness and wisdom eased through them. She was the type to command attention when she walked into a room. Women whispered and men whistled at the clanking of her stilettos and […]
IWD 2019 || How Will I Know You Love Me?
Hello Royalty. On Tuesday, Golden and I were talking. Golden is a man. I am a woman. We were talking about feminism, gender equality, equity, and what not. Our voices rose in a crescendo of arguments and fell in a symphony of agreements. He voiced his opinion on the ways in which feminists behaved and […]
O Jewa Ke Eng?
Hello Royalty If you have been on Twitter for two months or more, then the title of this post is pretty familiar. A big shout out to my friend, Dominion, @domi_ie who suggested this as a blogpost title. Why? Last week Friday, I put up an Instagram poll, asking, “How has your week been?” The […]
SEVEN Years A Believer – IT ONLY GETS BETTER!
Hello Royalty. Lately, I have been thinking about a forthcoming autobiography at some point later (but soon enough) in my life. While I do not think I am ready to announce the potential title yet, it will come to unfold as a story of my life through the lens of a life with a God […]
SHORT STORY || Our Different Paths
God had sent a man to Nineveh but he went to Tarshish. That was Bamidele’s story. Like his name, I thought he would come home with me. I thought that every whisper of his name from my lips would draw him in and make his feet glued to my path. He was adamant. He should […]
2018 WAS MY YEAR OF YES
Hello Royalty. When people say a lot of things happen to them in one year, I find it almost impossible to understand. For me, it is usually just a few highlighted events and many daily routines in-between. But 2018 was different. It was so different that even though I am excited about 2019, I am […]