Category: Letters
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Letter to a Future Husband on the Occasion of Valentine’s Day
Dear Future Mr Man, The fact that I am writing this is particularly funny because in my mind, the world should have ended long before I had fully entered into the ‘marriageable age’. However, the world has not come to an end. And I’m right now living in equanimity: the…
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Letter to my Younger Self on the Occasion of her 10th Birthday
Baby J, Hello, hello! Good evening. This is your much older self, writing to you at the cusp of the ultimate year of my twenties. Before you read further, please keep a dictionary beside you because you will learn new words today. You are very much asleep at the time…
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Letter to a Bosom Friend on Marriage
My dearest Zi-Zi, You’re getting married today, and I cannot believe it. In fact, I almost cannot believe that we’re both in the twilight of our 20s. I have mixed feelings about it all. We were 10 years old just yesterday! I remember how much we wanted to grow up…
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Mother to Son: Letter to a Nigerian Boy on the Law
My dearest boy, Happy Birthday! Now that you have attained the age of majority, this piece of paper is my only gift to you this year. I owe it to you as a mother, who happens to be a lawyer, to tell you these things if you must live a…
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To The God Who Lets Me Down
A God Immense and Holy Your name is YHWH. You are not some trinket god carved from stone or wood. Nathaniel Bassey describes You aptly: “You are God, from beginning to the end, there is no place for argument, You are God all by Yourself.” This unique quality makes You…
Joanna Bome Kure 