by Kanzah | Apr 30, 2025 | Musings
The ‘’Abeg’’ Mentality and Nigeria’s Culture of No Consequence Someone committed a grievous offence in my workplace yesterday. Think: a store attendant helping a customer to steal goods from the store. Exactly! It was a serious case, and stakeholders in the team...
by Kanzah | Apr 25, 2025 | Stories
I Am Not One of Them The cleaner who found Tejiri’s body was trembling as we waited for the police to arrive. Her face, raw and flushed from years of cheap bleaching creams, looked even redder now. Yellow blotches marked her cheeks, giving her a sickly, malnourished...
by Kanzah | Apr 23, 2025 | Musings
One Day It Will Make Sense “One day it will make sense” a random fortune teller told me last week before he added that I would meet somebody who would dash me money in the new week. I said, “Amen, amen.” He went on to say it might be a foreign person, and...
by Kanzah | Apr 19, 2025 | Stories
Almost, Amal… The day I met Amal, it felt like the heavens were smiling down on me. The weather was perfect. It was July 31st. The sun was bright, but it didn’t burn, and the rain didn’t chill. My armpits weren’t itching. My nose wasn’t sweating. My hands...
by Kanzah | Apr 16, 2025 | Musings
The Art of Ass Licking also known as Famzing one’s Way to The Top It is in Nigeria you hear of someone who was a waiter at a lounge becoming a billionaire—poof!—just like that. In Nigeria, you could be selling bread today, and tomorrow you’re being courted by several...
by Kanzah | Apr 8, 2025 | Musings
Danfo Diaries – 08.04.2025 Today, my white was stained by a woman trying to get on the bus. The bus had stopped for her, and as she was moving to the back seat, she placed her dirty hands on my shoulder, weighing it down and soiling my top. I immediately yanked...
by Kanzah | Apr 4, 2025 | Stories
They Will Say We Crossed the Waters The week Renike decided to break up with her boyfriend was the week he called her, his voice quivering as he told her his best-friend just got killed. “They just shot Foster, babe! The fucking police! They shot him in front of his...
by Kanzah | Apr 2, 2025 | Musings
From FUPA to Abs: A Hilarious Relatable Gym Experience I woke up on a fine, random morning and decided I wanted to be a fit girlie, for real this time. As someone who has had numerous stints in the gym that always ended with me deciding that being lethargic isn’t so...
by Kanzah | Mar 18, 2025 | Musings
Danfo Diaries – 18.03.2025 Today, I took a selfie mid-trip to remind myself to conk my head if I was still inside a Danfo by March 18, 2026. By then, I must be inside my fine Lexus RX 350, latest model. I took a selfie to documentthe moment—I was sweaty, tired,...
by Kanzah | Mar 11, 2025 | Musings
The Many Sheges of House-hunting in Lagos Snapchat just reminded me of a memory from last March. It was a video of me in Medina Estate, Gbagada—dry-mouthed, sweat caked on my face, bemoaning a horrible showing I had just experienced. I should have suspected that the...
