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Balpolam Idi
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Everyone knows life is short but death always puts into perspective just how short. We are always living with the subconsciousness of how fleeting and temporary this world is. It is a big fear for many people- dying. Well, my year started with lighting a candle for a dear friend…

Short

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Short.
Short.
Short

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May I confess?

Flash Fiction — Before you left me, I had already painted a vivid picture of our future together. Our progression from the firm and round breasts to flat and saggy sacks. Our supple and popping skins yield to the withering of wrinkles and old age. I envisioned how your afro will look, all…

Friendship

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May I confess?
May I confess?
Friendship

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The Love you deprive yourself

January is approaching the end of its Life-cycle, Yay! But we all know what comes next, that’s the Valentine’s Day festivities. The paired humans show off their undying love and devotion to one another, in full view of other beings. The unpaired ones either lament & bemoan their tough luck…

Love

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The Love you deprive yourself
The Love you deprive yourself
Love

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Mar 9

I hate wigs

No, but for real, for real, do you people not feel oppressed or restricted or is it just peer pressure? Don’t you feel your brain cooking slowly under the weight of that hair and in this temperature? No? How about the blood flow reduced or restricted by the bands you…

Brand Storytelling

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I hate wigs
I hate wigs
Brand Storytelling

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Feb 24

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My drafts are a mess. But I just had to. It is the eve of one of the most defining moments of our nation in our lifetime. Everyone is feeling many things and honestly, all are well-deserved. …

Nigeria Decides

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Nigeria Decides

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Feb 9

Language and Learning

One of the many things I do — Part 1 — When I was seventeen (17), I wanted to learn to speak about 5 languages and speak at least two of those fluently before thirty (30). It was so hard to follow up on that plan because in between school and everything else that was going on in my life, I…

African Languages

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Language and Learning
Language and Learning
African Languages

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Feb 4

Ban

Today, I will officially lift my self-imposed travel ban. I know that it sounds ludicrous but trust me, I needed it. I have consciously tried to avoid travelling in the past, with a few slips here and there but this is the first time I am saying it specifically to…

Stay At Home

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Ban
Ban
Stay At Home

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Jan 21

Let me know how I can help

I love helping. — I may have gotten that bit from my mother who will always go out of her way to find a solution for you. No matter how inconveniencing, she’ll do it. But one thing I, unfortunately, did not get, is the courage to always ask…

Help

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Let me know how I can help
Let me know how I can help
Help

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Jan 12

Questions I hate to Answer

Hey there! Happy New Year. How’s it going on your end? I am sure you’ve been flooded with an array of advices to have a plan, to write them down, buzzwords like vision board, mind map, year planner will most likely be the most common features on our collective timelines…

Questions

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Questions I hate to Answer
Questions I hate to Answer
Questions

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Dec 31, 2022

It shall be Per-man-ment

I have a fear of permanence. — There I said it. I am tired of being ‘normal’ about this. The truth is, I obsessively think about this concept as much as I do the inevitable end of all mankind — death. Life, as beautiful and powerful as it is, is limited by its temporal nature. So why…

Permanent

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It shall be Per-man-ment
It shall be Per-man-ment
Permanent

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Balpolam Idi

Balpolam Idi

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And He said unto me, Write. Author of Growing, Up North.

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