So love is like a test, but in what sense? To what end? Who was carrying out the test? But I think I did believe that love had immense power to unear… - Ayobami Adebayo

I understand how a word others use every day can become something whispered in the dark to soothe a wound that just won't heal. I remember thinking I would never hear it spoken without unravelling a little, wondering if I would ever get to say it in the light. So I recognise the gift in this simple pronouncement, the promise of a beginning in this one word.

The road stretches before us, shrouded in a darkness transitioning into dawn as it leads me back to you.

There is a strong view in Nigeria, as in many other cultures, that a marriage is not complete without children. I don’t agree; I’m wary of the idea that people have to have some particular functionality in order to be full members of society. I think it’s a very dangerous idea. Humans are humans and they are worthy of respect…