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The naira scarcity has ruined our diets

For Bibi and Tope raising toddlers, the naira scarcity is more concerning because it’s now more difficult to provide their babies wholesome meals.

I’m pushing 30, and I wish I bonded with my stepmother in the kitchen

The kitchen was where I learnt that correcting — albeit harshly — could be  a sign of love. There was one time I ruined the semo for the second time in a row. That was the last bad semo I ever made in my life; my mother’s impatient smack made sure of that.

My father took us out to lunch every Sunday, someday it’ll be my turn

David, a longtime friend and colleague, thinks that it reflects badly on married women whose husbands eat in restaurants at frequent intervals. This outdated stereotype is an offshoot of the often romanticised African patriarchy, where women are solely responsible for satisfying their husbands’ culinary desires: if a man eats out, it is seen as a… Continue reading My father took us out to lunch every Sunday, someday it’ll be my turn

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