Sayo Na…..! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Cable It’s ileya, Sallah eve. People are tumbling into Egba in their thousands. I guess they’ll be Martians, as people from the planet Mars, are called. Oh no!They’ve got the bucks!! I don’t know why people should be saying the economy is not improving. People are buying everything. Not only that, they…

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Gbanjo! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Moses Adejumo, aka Baba Sala was the quintessential comic of my childhood. In one of his plays, a new wife of his, Kariile, does something Baba Sala finds unpardonable. He then offers her for sale to any willing buyer.‘Gbanjo,Gba-gba-ngba,Gbanjo,Bi mo ri ma raOmoge di toro!Kariile di toro!!! In the second republic,…

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The Crab! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Channels TV The Yoruba have a saying, ‘Oju l’alakan fi n so’ri’. That’s one couldn’t be too careful. Yeah! At these times when even spouses should be wary of each other. When parent to child relationships could be sacrificed for cheap gains of naira. And, when friends could betray one another for material…

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