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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Apr 29
- 3 min
Social Media Zoo
Maybe my dislike of social media is linked to my dislike of zoos where poor animals who should be free in the wild are instead locked in...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Black Hole
The first time I laughed from my stomach after Matilde’s death, it felt like a betrayal. We were at my cousin Tomi’s birthday dinner....
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 18, 2023
- 4 min
An Excerpt: Nicholas & Maggie (2022)
I think it is my neighbor and I open the door in my nightgown – sans brassier – and hairnet in tow and, low and behold, it is Nicholas...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Mar 21, 2023
- 15 min
The Winter of '98
My mother was the epitome of FAFO before FAFO was a thing. She raised my brother and I with an iron fist that nearly crushed us. I...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Jan 2, 2023
- 4 min
Feminist Exodus
“...and it is an irony that we need to continually point out that the things that offer freedom actually enslave us.” Alistair Begg Some...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 23, 2022
- 5 min
Are We Really Free?
With Canada's impending introduction of Digital ID and the mandatory vaccine mandates Canadians endured as a result of COVID19, one is...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Sep 19, 2022
- 4 min
The Illusion of Privacy
Maybe let's stop making it easy for people to stalk us?* Hello, Google Google does monitor your digital footprint and almost always knows...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Nigerian Trauma
2012 to 2015 saw a wave of IJGBs (I Just Got Backs) returning to Nigeria from the four corners of the earth; from the concrete jungles of...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
'Say You're One of Them' by Uwem Akpan
Akpan creates a masterpiece out of this book, which is a compilation of five short stories that span the breadth of Africa; set in Kenya,...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
'Born On A Tuesday' by Elnathan John
In his debut novel, John slays. A tragic and beautiful novel, Born on a Tuesday narrates, in first person, the story of Dantala, an...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 28, 2021
- 1 min
'Swallow' by Sefi Atta
In Swallow, Sefi Atta tells the tale of Tolani Alao, a young woman who resides in Lagos in the 80s, grudgingly partaking in the hustle...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
'News From Home' by Sefi Atta
In News from Home, Atta showcases what, to me, is her finest work. In the collection of ten short stories, we meet funny, engaging, some...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
'A Bit of Difference' by Sefi Atta
Atta's third novel (after Everything Good Will Come and Swallow) tells the tale of Deola Bello, an unmarried Nigerian woman dangerously...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ by Junot Díaz
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was actually quite lengthy because Señor Díaz decided to, not only tell us about the overweight...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
'A Man of the People' by Chinua Achebe
This book is hilarious and entertaining, depicting the life of a young teacher, Odili, who falls into romantic and political mishap when...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
'The Sun Is Also A Star' by Nicola Yoon
The Sun Is Also A Star tells the tragic (yes, tragic, because though it is the quintessential hopeless romantic’s novel, Yoon takes her...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
'The Silence of the Lambs' by Thomas Harris
The more I read Harris' work, the more I realise that he just might be (and I stand corrected) the father of psychological thriller. Have...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
'Red Dragon' by Thomas Harris
The first book I’ve read by the legendary Thomas Harris and I could not put it down. Our protagonist is Will Graham, a once-retired FBI...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
'The Woman Next Door' by Yewande Omotoso
The Woman Next Door is brilliant and drenched in macabre. Two old women, one black and recently widowed, the other white and ignorantly...
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