"You make all these plans thinking they will work out, but life is crazy. It’s even crazier and messier when you are a Nigerian in Nigeria."
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In Which Auwal Plants Trees
"Returning to Lafia always hurt because it looked stripped of life."
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“I Have Spent All My Life In School, Hiding From Adulthood”
"I convince myself those skills won’t pay off, so I abandon them. Whenever I spend time outside my PhD work, guilt eats me up."
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Living with Sickle Cell: Aisha’s Story of Pain, Strength, and Advocacy
"I've been very lucky. It's not like that with a lot of other warriors."
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He Listened, He Loved, He Proposed
"I see us traveling the world together, Greece, Paris, London. I see us living joyfully, side by side, chasing dreams and building memories."
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No God For Me, Thank You
"Rules seemed to benefit men, not God. Overall, to me, it looked like a system of power, built by men for men."
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I Prayed Against Having a Girl
"When I was pregnant with this child, my husband often warned me. He said if I gave him another girl, he would take me back to the village."
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“It Feels Like I’m Losing My Sister, and I Don’t Know What To Do”
"All we have to show for it are piles of we regret to inform you emails and the fading light in my sister’s eyes."
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“I Stayed Away From Parties for Two Years”
"My brain worked twice as fast as I searched for a way to escape."
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“I Got Pregnant in School and Almost Died Losing It”
"Instead, he blamed me. He called me careless, mocked me, even said I wasn’t behaving like a 'modern babe.'”