Lagos Diaries – Episode 5
Posted August 2nd, 2016 by Lolade in Uncategorized
In this short entry, I have back-to-back conference calls for work and there is no power in the house… Lagos Diaries – Episode 5 from Ololade Siyonbola on Vimeo.
Lagos Diaries – Episode 4
Posted August 2nd, 2016 by Lolade in Lagos Diaries
This is me after a long day of driving around the Island trying to get my internet service topped up after my 10GB of initial data ran out. Thank God there is Google maps here, but it’s only accurate about 80% of the time. Because of this I spent hours trying to locate a Smile location where […]
Lagos Diaries – Episode III
Posted July 17th, 2016 by Lolade in Lagos Diaries
This entry is about our full weekend. Balogun Market, Kemi Lewis natural hair salon, going to church with a Guinness World Record breaker and the Eat Drink Lagos Festival. There are also some handy lessons/info in this vid. Enjoy and let me know if there’s anything I should check out while in Lag! Hashtag with me! #lagosdiaries […]
Lagos Diaries – Episode II
Posted July 16th, 2016 by Lolade in Lagos Diaries
Here is a quick entry as we set out to the market and get my daughter’s hair did. Enjoy! Hashtag with me! #lagosdiaries Written piece after the video! Lagos Diaries – Day II from Ololade Siyonbola on Vimeo. I also wrote about Money today!
Money in Lagos
Posted July 16th, 2016 by Lolade in Lagos Diaries
So, money, the root of Naija’s evils and successes… It became evident very quickly after I arrived that I had not brought enough hard cash in USD. So, I had to set off on a quest to find out what were the best ways to bring money from the US. Many will have folks carry […]
Lagos Diaries – Episode I
Posted July 15th, 2016 by Lolade in Lagos Diaries
Hi Loves! I’m creating a video diary of my time in Lagos this summer. Primarily because there is not enough up-to-date info on the web about visiting Lagos. I didn’t see much about living here either, just a few disjointed posts from returnees. All of these were helpful but my goal is to create something […]
This is My Testimony
Posted October 15th, 2015 by Lolade in Spirituality
Haba! I haven’t written on this site in so long, I’m surprised it’s still here. No tumbleweeds blowing through. That’s amazing. Anywhooo, I have a testimony. Right now I’m that kid in class when it’s show and tell time and the teacher asks, “Does anyone have any testimonies?” My six year old self puts her hand […]
No Tolerance: My Female Genital Mutilation Story
Posted February 6th, 2015 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Articles, Blog, Culture, Medical Anthropology, Nigeria, Womanism
by: Dolapo Adedapo Years ago during my Undergraduate studies, I participated in a study abroad program in Tanzania, one of the best experiences of my life. While I do understand as a young Nigerian woman who schooled in Nigeria, that living in another African country doesn’t seem like it should be the biggest deal, I […]
How to Get Away With Murder, Ferguson Style
Posted November 29th, 2014 by Lolade in Blog, Genocide, Race, Racist in Brooklyn
Every time a white man is officially exonerated of guilt for killing a Black man/child/woman in a public case, the morning after, many European-American strangers avoid making eye contact with me. Is it just me? In other news, there are three major differences between Jews in Nazi Germany and Black people in America. The Jews […]
My Heart is in Ake Right Now
Posted November 21st, 2014 by Lolade in AFRiCKA, Blog, Culture, Events, Nigeria
This post is dedicated to Mercy Omeike, RIP, and all the beautiful people from AABF 2013. As it is the one-year anniversary of the first annual Ake Festival, my mind runs there frequently this week. There was no precedent for what I experienced at last year’s festival and I imagine there won’t be anything […]