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Opinion: Let’s hear it for Nigerian tailors and their covenant with disappointment

by Stephen Eke Some Nigerian tailors are wonderful people I swear! You’ll give a Nigerian tailor a material in 1967 and say to him/her, ‘Abeg oh I go use am for 2015, shey e go don ready by then?’ To which they’ll reply, ‘Ah ah Oga! Why you dey talk like this. 2015 still far... Read More

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October 3, 2016

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Opinion: Let me tell you about Aunty Kola, the tailor

by Vera Ezimora I met Aunty Kola through my mommy. She’s a sweet, soft-spoken, and very respectful Yoruba woman. Kola is not her real name. Aunty Kola was my mommy’s tailor. And by virtue of that, she also became my tailor and my grandma’s tailor. Aunty Kola was pretty good at sewing my mom’s and... Read More

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