a picture shwoing profs art class before the Coronavirus.

My art class before the Coronavirus.

ByMoyo Okediji April 1, 2020May 21, 2023

I dreamed about it last night–I was teaching, and there was this really brilliant student who did everything perfectly.

As I went to take a closer look at her work, I woke up.

What really happened was that I had fallen asleep with my music playing. And what really woke me up was Peter Tosh, singing,

“GET UP, STAND UP…!”

There is hope.

We may still have art classes the way we used to after the end of this crisis.

But if that is not possible, we’ll just eat, sleep and dream about “the good ol’ days.”

According to an old African proverb, the downfall of a MAN is not the end of his LIFE.

I think that’s an African proverb, right?

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Semioptics of Yoruba Language: Word as Image

ByMoyo Okediji February 26, 2018May 21, 2023

On Friday, March 2, from 6:30-8pm, I will present a lecture titled, “Semioptics of Yoruba Language: Word as Image.”

The lecture takes place at the Center for African Studies, Department of African American and African Studies, of the Ohio State University.

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Oladejo Okediji

ByMoyo Okediji March 15, 2019May 21, 2023

Oladejo Okediji, a handsome gentleman who also happens to be my baba, is receiving great honors from the Obafemi Awolowo University and the South West Association of Nigerian Authors–to acknowledge his contribution to African literature, at the young age of 90.

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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

ByMoyo Okediji October 14, 2022May 21, 2023

My friend called me that they scammed her of $750 last Monday.

After listening to the story of how they scammed her, I realized it was the same syndicate that scammed me in 2019 that scammed her last Monday.

As a Nigerian, I consider it a disgrace to be scammed—after all, I belong to a country that is notorious for always winning the Olympic gold medal in the 419 game.

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ENGLISHMAN IN BENIN CITY, 1982: (Part Thirty-Six)

ByMoyo Okediji May 22, 2021May 21, 2023

***Reader’s Note:

I was informed that I should complete the ENGLISHMAN IN BENIN CITY series before moving on to the next series, THE RETURN.

I will therefore return to the ENGLISHMAN IN BENIN CITY, and continue with Part Thirty-six. To refresh the memory of our readers, I have placed parts Thirty-five and Thirty-four at the end of Part Thirty-six.