Why would a best friend you’re helping with a place to stay be so resentful that they would share a deep secret of yours to a random stranger? Why is there a prominent movie trope about the ‘emasculated’ man or woman who stays with a wealthy spouse for a while, quiet, but then one day... Read More

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March 6, 2020

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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Home is where the heart is

“I love your Lagos,” the lover said to me after a beautiful day of driving and dining, visiting and ‘art-gallerying’ across my favourite spots in the city of my birth and residence. “It’s very different from the Lagos I used to see.” Some people have called Lagos one of the worst cities to live in... Read More

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March 5, 2020

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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: You don’t need confidence to cross the street

If there was anything I learnt just after I turned 30 in 2015 and then 2016, it was the danger of certainty. In 2015, I often made the common sense statement that no one, no matter how passionately one believed in a person, could predict what they do when elected into office. But even then,... Read More

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March 4, 2020

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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Saying yes to Life

Last year I did an interview that was consequential, to put it lightly. The photographer, Busola Dakolo shared a powerful story with me about alleged rape by a prominent Nigerian pastor. The case hasn’t been proven by any court of law, but the effects of telling that story continue to this day, on some level.... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Power corrupts

Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Home is where the heart is

Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: You don’t need confidence to cross the street

Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Saying yes to Life

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