Monthly Archives: September 2024

If you grew up in Nigeria, you’re probably aware of a simple path. Your parents have you, and during your naming ceremony – over the hushed tones of your aunty’s husband trying to woo a random girl while his wife, unknowing and steadfast in her wifely duty, is busy cutting up the meat on his […]

To be clear, a fat bunda is the focus of Damilare Kuku’s second book, Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow – I mean, it’s in the name – but it definitely cuts into issues deeper than cosmetic concerns. Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad, her first book, was a collection of short stories centring […]