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Episode 3: Life After Divorce, Single Motherhood And A Struggle For Love
Dear Diary, It’s been five months of doing this single mom thing. I don’t know how I’ve been doing it but I’ve been doing it. Everyday I wake up and see my children beside me, in the house I paid rent for, I thank God once again. Indeed, onye dị ndụ gbara first (he who…
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Episode 2: Life After Divorce
Dear Diary, Marriage is one of the few reasons your African parents will forsake you. Try telling them you’re giving up on a failing marriage. That is when you’ll realize the part you play in their lives’ status game. Very few African parents will give in to losing face in society by welcoming back their…
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Episode 1: How My Previous Marriage Ended
Dear Diary, “I don’t feel sexually attracted to you anymore”. “It feels like you’re just my roommate”. These were the words that Dozie, my husband of five years used to explain why he would no longer touch me. In the last six months, we had almost no sex, and I kept prodding to know why.…