This quote by Chinua Achebe ages well: “Being a Nigerian is abysmally frustrating and unbelievably exciting.” For some people, Nigeria is a metaphor for an abusive...
For every story, there is a stereotype – a mainstream narrative that has become consistent and convenient. The rendition of any story influences your perspective of...
The trees once intended to appoint a king. They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us” but the olive tree said to them, “Should I...
Humans really don't say what we think about people especially when they are in power.
Anecdotes are veritable tools in storytelling because you are speaking to your audience in a language that they will understand. In deciding to do a series...
Which instinct will you manifest – fight or flight?
I find the Pharisees quite fascinating. Sometimes, one has to look at them from a different prism – a dialectic perspective that helps to deconstruct their...
A good story is multi-layered; it is littered with subplots that typically fly under the radar because notoriety is given to what people consider the dominant...
The 25th of February 2023 will forever be remembered as the darkest day since the dawn of democracy in 1999. A date when a dagger was...
“The presidency doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are. And the same thing is true of a presidential campaign. So, if a candidate...
At AfricaNXT 2023, BellaNaija hosted a Book Reading session moderated by Senior Content Associate, Oluwadunsin Sanya. Author, Communications Strategist and BellaNaija contributor, Mfonobong Inyang read from...
“I did not go to school (so) that I vote individuals because they come from my ethnic group. Tell me the agenda on health, the agenda...
At AfricaNXT 2023, we’ll be hosting a Book Reading session, moderated by Senior Content Associate at BellaNaija, Oluwadunsin Sanya. This reading and interactive discussion will be...
People offering you money for votes look like they are buying votes but they are really buying your allegiance to their sinister agenda.
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears...
Dear readers, We must avow that this year has been quite noteworthy, especially for storytellers, creators and creatives in Nigeria, and Africa entirely. There have been...
God is great I can’t lie. It’s not being mid when I say that being alive is still the biggest flex. We lost a lot of...
It’s shameful how shameless we have become as a collective and a corporate entity. Here, we are still writing think-pieces calling for the respect of fundamental...
Thanksgiving may be a feast for you but it’s a funeral for turkeys.
...even education doesn’t cure bigotry, it only makes it more sophisticated.
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