#abiku

Two Body Spirit

How do you tell a story like this? Of a grief so deep, it swallowed your name before you were born?

Àbíkú

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Lawani

Facial Markings Alive and Well Among Millennials and Gen Z

When my choice brother, who knew about my ongoing research on children’s scarification in Africa, sent through Nduka Orjinmo’s BBC Article…

ÀBÍKÚ

Ajani was omoluabi, alalubarika

ABIKU: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

(A survey)

The Àbíkú Phenomenon

In Yoruba culture, there’s an explanation for a traceable sequence of infant or childhood mortality. Such children are called àbíkú meaning…

Day 53/365: Abiku

Mama looked at me, her eyes full of the emptiness that I have become accustomed to, because of my continuous comings. I remember the first…

Abiku

No 16 cowrie speckled white cloth,