Tag: Character
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Nigeria – the setting and landscape of my story, but also a character.
When I began to write my memoir, Oduduwa Crescent, I wanted Nigeria, the setting and landscape of the book, to be as well-drawn as any character. My book is, in its essence, the story of my charismatic father, whose rise and fall is set against the tumultuous backdrop of post-colonial Nigeria – a time of coup d’états,…
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The sounds of my childhood
Brown Girl in the ring by Boney M. Celebration by Cool and the Gang. Mamma Mia by Abba Night to remember by Shalamar Candy Girl by New Edition. ABC by the Jackson 5. Writing memoir evokes so much, the memories flood back with intensity. The familiar tunes of my childhood have been ringing in my…
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I found an old poem I wrote that is so telling.
Between 2009-2011, I did a creative writing program which exposed me to different genres of creative writing. During one of the semesters, we explored different types of poetry and were encouraged to mine our emotions and memories, and write our own poems.I must, at this juncture, state that poetry is not really my thing, but…
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When your closest loved ones are main characters
As an aspiring memoirist, this is a conundrum! How does one write about closest family and friends without causing offence? Is that even possible? The thing about memoir is that you are writing from YOUR perspective, about your memories of specific events as best you remember them. By definition, your memory of events could be…
Novice Memoirist 