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My Lit AdventureEpisode 12 - WahalaOn this episode, Eseosa, Olivia and I talk about the absolute chaos that is Nikki May's Wahala. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast. Enjoy! 💛2022-06-141h 19My Lit AdventureEpisode 11 - PatsyDamisola and I are back again talking about Patsy and exploring themes of mental health, gender, sexuality, motherhood, romantic relationships and the difficult road to redemption and forgiveness. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛Content warning: suicide, self-harm2022-05-301h 14My Lit AdventureEpisode 10 - Black CakeDamisola and I talk about the loneliness of immigration, the struggles of measuring up to parents' expectation and the importance of seeing our parents as people who had lives before they had us as we review Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure for updates 💛2022-04-111h 02My Lit AdventureEpisode 9 - Hana Khan Carries OnIn this episode, I discuss Hana Khan Carries On, the first book I've read set in a South Asian Canadian muslim community. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure for updates 💛Content warning: suicideAmerican National Suicide Hotline - +1-800-273-8255Nigerian suicide hotline - https://www.opencounseling.com/hotlines-ngCrisis Services Canada - +1-833-456-4566NHS UK https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/help-for-suicidal-thoughts/2022-03-2814 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 8 - Butter Honey Pig BreadIn this episode, Farida and I talk twins, spirituality, living in Lagos and creating a community as an African in the diaspora through the lens of Butter Honey Pig Bread. Follow our Instagram @mylit.adventure for more updates 💛2022-03-1459 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 7 - In Every Mirror She's BlackIn this episode, Adaora and I explore Sweden through the experiences of Brittany, Kemi and Muna as they navigate being Black immigrants in a homogenous culture. Follow @mylit.adventure on instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛2022-03-011h 01My Lit AdventureEpisode 6 - The Soulmate EquationOlivia and I talk about what it means for a person to become your home and why friendships that fill you up are so important through the lens of Christina Lauren’s The Soulmate Equation. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛2022-02-1647 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 5 - The Memory of LoveHappy Valentine's Day! I've been looking to read more books by non-Nigerian African authors and this book gave me the perfect opportunity. In this episode, Ikeme and I talk about what love looks like for us and the importance of making seemingly selfish decisions as we explore Sierra Leone in the 60s and post war in the early 2000s. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast. Enjoy! 2022-02-1659 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 4 - SankofaOn this episode, Kehinde Odusote and I discuss Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa and explore themes of finding one's self, colonization, authoritarianism and the struggle of realizing that our parents are flawed people. For more information on the This Ability documentary, follow @thisability_doc on Instagram and @thisabilitydoc on Twitter. Enjoy! Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast 💛2022-01-3141 min
My Lit AdventureEpisode 3 - Easy Motion TouristIn this episode, I explore the enigma that is Lagos as I review Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure 💛2022-01-1508 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 2 - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's WivesOn this episode, Ikeme and I delve into the chaos of the Alao household as we discuss one of my favorite books, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives or in some markets, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram @mylit.adventure for updates 💛2022-01-1540 minMy Lit AdventureEpisode 1 - Homegoing & Transcendent KingdomWelcome to My Lit. Adventure!! In this inaugural episode, Ikeme and I explore themes of grief, slavery and immigration in Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Enjoy! Content warning: this episode discusses suicide. Follow the podcast on Instagram @mylit.adventure for updates 💛2022-01-1523 min
Experience DardenExperience Darden #59: The Darden African Business Organization (DABO)In this episode of the podcast, we catch up with two leaders of the Darden African Business Organization (DABO), Meti Aberra and Sindara Oyekola. Meti and Sindara are both second year students in our Class of 2020, and we sat down with them in Charlottesville a couple months ago to talk about their decision to pursue their MBA, what led them to Darden, what attracted them to their leadership positions with DABO, how DABO builds awareness about the African continent within the Darden community and more. Fun fact: Meti also has her own podcast. Check it out!
2020-04-1034 min