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IDLEMINDSET | THESE ARE OUR FREAKING HEROES

Posted on December 10, 2012 by ayosogunro • 52 Comments

Let’s take time to laugh at ourselves today. And what better way to light up the laugh lines than with the hallowed traditions of this country? You see, there’s this line of the Nigerian national anthem that’s obviously there for shit and giggles. Actually, every line of the anthem is for laughs, but this line … Continue reading →

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Writer. Scholar. Activist. Teacher. Lawyer. Still doing what I enjoy doing: using law for social change to protect the most vulnerable and marginalised in society.
A contribution to the conversation on women's rights and gender equality as we mark International Women's Day tomorrow. Grateful to @fida.nigeria for inviting me to join this panel.
Happy New Year 2022. Here's to a kinder, more hopeful, and less stressful year for all.
In December 2017, my mother encouraged me to go for a doctoral degree and when I left

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My Book: Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

THE PARADOXICAL LIFESTYLE OF THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN IS THE SUM OF THIS BOOK... My relentless pursuit of an understanding of the survival abilities of the average Nigerian in a system that is definitely dysfunctional. Some of us complain, some of us protest, some of us go spiritual and still many others go material, and also a few of us turn to the arts for solace—we write, not to cure other people of madness, but to avoid going mad ourselves…

My Book: “Sorry Tales”

The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales

"Sogunro the social activist, Sogunro the poet and Sogunro the essayist meet to produce a book that is funny, insightful and thought-provoking." -- Ikhide Ikheloa

My Book: Death in the Dawn

Death in the Dawn by Ayo Sogunro

Death in the Dawn, a short play adapted from Wole Soyinka's poem of the same name, is a tragicomic exploration of Nigerian social values through the passionate interaction of some unlikely debaters.

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