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I come from a society where the default is conformity. I don’t know how to conform and I find myself putting question marks against everything

Yemisi Aribisala

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About Yemisi Aribisala

Yemisi Aribisala (born 27 April 1973) is a Nigerian essayist, writer, painter, and food memoirist. She has been described as having a "fearless, witty, and unapologetic voice." Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue magazine, Chimurenga, Popula, Google Arts & Culture, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Critical Muslim 26: Gastronomy, Sandwich Magazine (The African Scramble), The Guardian (UK), Aké Review, and Olongo Africa.

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Alternative Names: Yẹ́misí Ogbe • Yemisí Aríbisálà

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I am writing all the time on being Nigerian and living in Nigeria but I have been accused of being stylistically un-Nigerian. My direct address of taboo objects, subjects and descriptions of people are supposedly un-Nigerian.

There are so many dissimilarities, so many unique points of difference between this one country in Africa and the rest of the world.

We don’t have a Nigerian culture of cooking and monologuing. It is coming along now with social media and Nigerian food celebrities.

I come from a society where the default is conformity. I don’t know how to conform and I find myself putting question marks against everything - Yemisi Aribisala

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