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The Truth Behind The Plot

📔Cover Sometimes, you don’t really understand a book until life teaches you the language it was written in. That’s honestly how I felt rereading Purple Hibiscus as an adult. When I first read it, I just saw a strict father, a quiet girl, a nice aunty, and vibes. But rereading it? I saw trauma. I saw emotional suffocation disguised as “order.” I saw a girl who didn’t even know she was carrying anxiety because she thought fear was normal. 📍Image from Pinterest How Stories Por

Dec 15 min read

Five Feet Apart?

"Six Feet, that’s how close we’re ever allowed to be. And after all CF has stolen from me, from us, I don’t mind stealing a little something back. One foot. One freaking foot of space, distance, length — whatever you want to call it, I don’t mind stealing that back.” — Stella, Five Feet Apart Cover Image Five Feet Apart . Gosh! such a superb, romantic, heart-rending drama about doomed young love but beyond the tender moments and tragic scenes, this story opens a window into

Nov 176 min read

From Lecture Slides to Test Tubes🧪

Cover I had two things on my mind on my first day of SIWES at the prestigious Lagos State University Teaching Hospital . Thing One , act like you know something and be eager to learn. Thing Two , please and please clumsy Joanna, don't break their test tubes😭 I didn't break any though thankfully through the 6 weeks of my training but you get the feeling. The first thing I'll miss is the buzz LASUTH Laboratories could seem like a market on some days. You have patients, di

Nov 37 min read

When Malaria Plays Favourites👀

Cover Image On a hot Nigerian night without power supply, Africa’s most unwanted pest comes to greet two sleeping fans that always seem to clap for it. The same annoying buzz, the same mosquito, the same night. Yet a week later only one of them is burning with fever and regretting his existence, while the other looks on feeling absolutely fine. It’s almost seems unfair, as if malaria picked a favorite. Well, what if it actually does? Not out of luck or village people, but thr

Oct 163 min read