I have always enjoyed Remi Roy‘s very unassuming yet deeply thought out writings. I have read her over the years we have shared work on the pages of Effectual magazine, and I am simply thrilled that her gift gets to get to you the reader. From the sidelines for me is not just a powerful retelling of different biblical stories but an affirmation that if we looked hard enough we are all written into the …
I met Mayokun Oreofe at a meeting for women empowerment in Lagos state the first time. We sat through the training and the subsequent conversations; I do not remember that she said anything beyond introducing herself to the group. During the networking session, we exchanged cards and because I am terrible at networking, I decided in the car on my way home to send everyone who gave me their card a message just so I …
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At the beginning of this year, God spoke a few things to my heart. The major one for me was that my year will be paved with adventure. I believed the word, and I did my best to prepare to walk in it. However, I quickly realised that you cannot adequately prepare for adventure but that didn’t mean that I could not prepare. So I prepared. How did I prepare for Adventure, I am sure …
It was in 2011 and another Sista; Audrey Joe-Ezigbo had the leading to bring five of us together and that fateful afternoon, we met at the then Roberts Café in Victoria Island. That was the day I gained another Sista in Nneka Nwobi. It has been four glorious years, not of seeing or speaking with each other every day, but four great years of knowing that when it matters we will show up in each …
