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The Sinemile ordeal (III)

November 12, 2014

I catch the sight of my pink night shirt in the line area as I take slow nervous steps towards the hostel. I still haven’t washed it after last night’s episode. I might not get a chance to do so, so I’d rather just warm up to the idea of sleeping in it tonight, smell […]

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‘Folakemi, they admitted you for Chemistry.’ my dad said in his rich Yoruba accent. I felt disappointed. All I ever wanted in my life was to be a pharmacist. I remember how the pharmacy passion began. it was in primary 2, and it was from Uncle Benson. Uncle Benson, my new elementary science teacher, would […]

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Ife Olujuyigbe is a Nigerian writer, editor, film maker, and pop culture enthusiast. She is the lead administrator at Ifekleva. A Chemical Engineering graduate, her works have appeared in literary journals, blogs and magazines from different parts of the world. Her pieces have been published in literary anthologies such as ‘A Mosaic of Torn Places’, "Work Naija: The Book of Vocations', In The Eyes (a book she inspired, collated and co-edited), and the African Women Writers anthology 'The Different Shades Of The Feminine Mind'. In 2016, she won Flash Fiction Competition, 'Blackout' and the SGNT Media Short Story Prize. In 2017, she made the long list of Writivism Short Story Prize, and was also first runner-up for The Critic Challenge. Her story, 'A Note For Christmas' was selected as one of the top ten African stories on Digibook Africa in 2017. Her story, 'You Should Be A Gift' was named one of 2017's top fifteen by Writivism. Ife writes screenplays, stage plays and has co-produced and directed her first short film, Parting Gift (2017) which premiered at the African International Film Festival. She has gone on to manage several Nollywood productions for platforms such as Tribe85, Africa Magic, Africa Movie Channel, Foresight Global Films and SANEF. Her debut book, Of Children Born To Us is on Amazon and Okadabooks, and getting great reviews.

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