… the adventures of an African traveler.
This isn’t about me trying to discourage you, neither is it for me to spoil market for these places. It’s rather for them to up their game. Nothing more. I actually just returned from my trip to Badagry after my trip to Ogun state, and with high hopes, I had enlisted these destinations in my…
Baba who was supposed to take us to Bilikisu sungbo wasn’t home according to someone I suspect was his wife. She advised we waited since he hadn’t gone far. “Like I had another choice”, I
After I left the Baptist Girls High School, I knew my next destination was the sacred Bilikisu sungbo grave, so I took a cab to Shapon where I had been told I’d get a bank. I was fast running out of cash and I had just 70 naira left on me. I got there within…
Though I was tired, the joy of spending the night in Abeokuta gave me no other option than the respect the croaky sound from my near-dead techno phone gave me as I woke at 4:30am as usual.
The feeling that I was wasting too much time with Baba at the Centenary hall prompted me to flag down a bike while I tipped Baba 500 naira for his hospitality. I rapidly told the biker I was going to Olumo Rock. My mind was already
The most popular means of transportation in Abeokuta are taxicabs and bikes. Buses and trains are less and are least popular in terms of movement. Perhaps this is due to the population and movement rate of the populace (approximately 500,000) compared to Lagos which houses over 20 million. I took a straight shuttle from the…
A viral myth attached to Mapoly is that it is the best polytechnic to study mass communication in the country. I have heard tons of stories about this heavily populated school which was why I was more than elated while marking it as my first
This story started here Victoria Evident was the fact that she was pissed on seeing me. But looking at me scornfully like I had misplaced her most prized asset was what I felt bad about. This was why I, in turn, maintained a straight face- needing no prophetess to tell me she, being kept waiting…
The Attraction The Ijebus in Ogun state were the first Yoruba speaking people to have contact with the Europeans in the early 14th century. They were the first Yorubas to have invented money made from cowry shells called ‘Owo Eyo’, which was accepted throughout the kingdom of Yoruba land but was later replaced by legal…