After Grad

JANUARY SECOND CREPT into Aramide’s room with its early morning haze. The Harmattan had smothered the whole of Lagos as at mid-December, even crossing the boarder of a brand New Year. Aramide was packing up, but it had nothing to do with the coldness of the atmosphere she tried to warm up beneath her old, fluffy sweater. Neither did it have anything to do with the inescapable dust across her mini-flat. Although, she secretly wished she had the superpower to twist the mechanism of the annoyingly dry weather.

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  • After Grad - Introduction

  • JANUARY SECOND CREPT into Aramide’s room with its early morning haze. The Harmattan had smothered the whole of Lagos as at mid-December, even crossing the boarder of a brand ...
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  • After Grad - Episode 1

  • IBADAN HOLDS A SPECIAL throne in the history of histories, and Aramide’s knowledge of her hometown stemmed from Maami’s inability to contain the full extent of the prid...
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  • After Grad - Episode 2

  • AUNTIE SHADES JUTTING stomach growled with worry. The poor service blocked any form of communication with her niece, as she could only pray to Eleduwa that she journeyed safely. Th...
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  • After Grad - Episode 3

  • ARAMIDE COULD NEVER have imagined that she'd ever refer to her aunt's place as home. For fifteen years, Baami's two-bedroom flat had been home. A pleasant vici...
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  • After Grad - Episode 4

  • THERE’S A POPULAR YORUBA adage that says; A woman's life wraps up fast. And it was because of his wifes childlessness that these words kept reoccurring to him. The poor m...
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  • After Grad - Episode 5

  • THE MYSTERY OF LIFE is that it never goes as planned. When she decided to study finance at the University, it was because she thought she was competent enough to tread that path. S...
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