by Bolade Ogunfuye When I was young, I learnt something about myself. I learnt that if I was speaking with you, quite often it was to know how much smarter than you I was. This was a semi-conscious effort to prove to people that I was smart, really smart, maybe the smartest guy in the... Read More

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March 13, 2017

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Bolade Ogunfuye: To me, aged twenty-three

by Bolade Ogunfuye This year I will be thirty-three years old. These days, I feel every single one of those thirty-three years in my bones, in my salt-and-pepper beard, in my tired eyes, and my jaded mind. Sometimes, I look backwards at my youth, at the time I felt young, invincible, limitless; words that feel... Read More

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February 6, 2017

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Bolade Ogunfuye: “So selfish, so what?” Making the case for living for YOU [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye Take a minute to think about it and you’ll come to the same conclusion that I have; every decision we make is either directly or indirectly based on ourselves. Even if I decide to be selfless, I am doing it because I would internally feel better being selfless than selfish. People dedicate... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye, Life hacks, New Voices, selfish

January 23, 2017

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Bolade Ogunfuye: Sometimes violence is the answer [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye They say: “Violence is never the answer”; I think this is untrue unless you have a very wonky moral perspective, and have not truly seen or felt the levels of inhumanity that befalls victims. It’s a silly cliché used within a given context and beholden to certain assumptions. We should ditch the... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye, Conflict, New Voices, violence

December 4, 2016

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Bolade Ogunfuye: The three pledges I took to make my life better [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye All of life, through the many prisms with which we view it, is mired in change; I guess that’s why our elders say: “we cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are”. Quite often, we evolve through enormous courage, tenacity and perseverance; only through these may we become. If... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye, gratitude, ideas, Life hacks, New Voices, Pledges

November 22, 2016

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Bolade Ogunfuye: Writing myself back together [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye The best way I’ve found to fight the darker part of myself and hope to win is through writing. Every time I take on a new challenge, or turn the leaf to face a new chapter of my life my darker half takes over immediately. The darker alter ego would wait for... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye, catharsis, Fighting inner demons, New Voices, sticky, writing

November 10, 2016

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Bolade Ogunfuye: What it means not to be normal [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye In truth, I can’t honestly remember a time I didn’t flirt with weirdness and eccentricity as a default part of my daily life. Over the years, I learnt how to manage these life companions; I usually alternate between distancing myself from the worst of their effects, keeping to an arrangement of sorts... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye, cOMEDY, nigeria, personality, sarcasm, writing

October 26, 2016

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Bolade Ogunfuye: In defence of the perfect woman, aged 32 [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye What is the perfect age for a woman? What is the optimal tooth-length for the fashion-loving, private-room swearing, trash-talking, liquor-swigging, TV-show bingeing, hubris-prone female human specimen? I say, thirty two years old. Give me a minute, allow me to introduce you to the 32 year old Nigerian woman. Step back, see the... Read More

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Bolade Ogunfuye: Live. Shine. Rot. Repeat [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: To me, aged twenty-three

Bolade Ogunfuye: “So selfish, so what?” Making the case for living for YOU [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: Sometimes violence is the answer [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: The three pledges I took to make my life better [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: Writing myself back together [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: What it means not to be normal [NEW VOICES]

Bolade Ogunfuye: In defence of the perfect woman, aged 32 [NEW VOICES]

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