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Tag: stories
7 Emotions that Can Inspire Your Best Stories
A lot of writers complain about not having the inspiration to write. This could mean several weeks, months and years of producing nothing.
Retelling Nigerian Startup Stories for Investor Baiting.
I made a podcast recording yesterday about how Nollywood has not evolved from Ojuju and dark magic to realities like piggyvest, farmcrowdy and other innovations going on. Last year I wrote about Jumoke Olowookere and her startup that’s turning waste…
How I use Great Stories & Landing Pages for Business
If you have a business site then you need to understand your need for landing pages. I show you how to infiltrate customers and use social media
Damilola Jonathan Oladeji wins the Biopages Essay Contest.
Winning the Biopages Essay Contest comes as a beautiful climax to several months of preparation and campaigns. The support from readers was immense
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: A Book In Review.
I find the storytelling quite black and white. First I think Maya was a strong black hero who felt the deaths of two great leaders in the battle for black freedom quite personally. She had first become close to Malcom X, while in Kenya
Moments: I’m 27 today and Still telling Stories. I wrote a letter to my younger self.
One of my friends (Tomilola Deji-Olatunde) asked me to write a letter to my younger self. Today marks another new year for me. I might as well post the letter today. Here goes: Hey buddy, There is so much more…
A Medical Doctor’s Dyslexia Journey and Healthcare Solutions in Nigeria
by Dr. Daniel Afolayan. Daniel, you are weird! I am used to being described this way. Though I protest each time I am called weird, but I knew I struggled with weaknesses not many people had. Even all through Medical…
Immortality: The Year I worked in the House of Death
It was a good morning sometime in 2016, one of my aunties had passed. The angel of death took her. I was living with my brother and working freelance as an Estate Agent. My Dad called to break the sad…
Press Release: Book Launch of “Quills from Africa 30: Long Walk to Home” and the Freedom Magazine Second Edition.
Press Release: Book Launch of “Quills from Africa 30: Long Walk to Home” and the Freedom Magazine Second Edition. They told us that Nigerians are the worst of Africa, so we told them our own stories. Hatfield, Pretoria, 30th of…
Ordinary stories are valuable assets to extraordinary people.
Let’s be honest, there is nothing special about being a writer. I just have sleepless nights looking for prospects because its part of what writers do. We have fast abandoned skills like writing, we don’t see how it saves people…
Owning your story and staying true to your journey
There is usually that phase in our careers, lives, relationships that we are not proud of. Sometimes it is plagued with moving from person to person and comparing with their lives and journeys, incessantly wishing it was ours. Not only…
How Nollywood content continues to misrepresent Nigeria
Let’s talk about perception and what Nollywood has done to Nigeria. Writers have a lot of work to do in repairing the thoughts about who we are as a people. I encourage Nigerian writers to share their stories and businesses…
Social Media is the Perfect tool for Creating Writers
Gone are the days you had to go through volumes of Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet stories to be a writer. Social media does a perfect job already! When I was a bit younger, I got so stuck on those Shakespeare…