This is one of those articles you read and immediately know the writer isn’t just in the mood for it. So I’ll start with a story. Weeks back, I checked my phone and was confronted with a post about a…
I hate cooking, shoot me – Peju Akande
As a woman, there are certain expectations the society demands of you – they want to see you bear children – (whether you want them or not and if you don’t want them you are a witch); they want you…
Why do we ‘look at faces’ before serving food at parties? – Peju Akande
Saturday as seems to be the case with me these days found me all dolled up and scooping party jollof rice into my mouth while swaying slightly to the band playing heavy gbedu at the corner. Yes, my friend and…
True confession: old age has come o – Peju Akande
I know I’m not the only Nigerian who prayed for long life during the watch night service as we turned into the New Year. Millions of us did. We prayed for a healthy one too, with plenty of money to…
Why can’t mummy walk the bride down the aisle? – Peju Akande
Weddings are commonplace this time of the year as if couples suddenly realise the year is almost out and they haven’t got married…so hurry, let’s do the church on time! The tradition of the father of the bride walking the…
The day I landed in court – Peju Akande
All my life, I have never been to court before. I mean a law court. ‘The court is made for humans, not animals.’ I often heard a client of mine repeat over and over again whenever she felt slighted and…
Don’t trust all these alagbo people – Peju Akande
Have you ever drank or even tasted these unhealthy looking herbal concoctions sold as the cure all for every ailment under the sun? I have, to my greatest embarrassment! Uh huh. I was at the petrol station, staring hard at…
Have you ever been stood up? – Peju Akande
I don’t mean the altar kind of “stood up” o. Those who go that far are the meanest of the lot. I am talking about the I-have-taken-a- bath-powdered- my- face- donned- on- my- best- dress- and waiting- for- you- at-…
Our daughters and their big bums – Peju Akande
No, this isn’t about Video Vixens whose only claim to fame are their gyrating bums that often fill up the screens when we watch music videos. This is more about our young daughters who are not even aware of what…
Why do women love makeup? – Peju Akande
A few weeks back, I received on WhatsApp, before and after images of several women who have been transformed from plain Janes into smouldering cover girls simply via the deft hands of a creative makeup artist. Their blemishes having been…
