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Ololade Siyonbola

Ololade Siyonbola

Ololade Siyonbola was born in Lagos, Nigeria, during a period of failing Military rule. As a child she then lived in London and the US, documenting her experiences as an immigrant in poetry, prose, fiction and photography. Siyonbola is the author of several articles and essays on the effect of migration on the present generation. She is the founder of Exodus to Afrika International, based in New York City. Siyonbola is also the founder of the Yoruba Cultural Institute where she directs programs on Yoruba language instruction for students from every corner of the Diaspora; and the author of Market of Dreams, the first quadrilingual poetry collection by a Nigerian author.

  • The Afropolitan Fear of Traditional Religion

    by Ololade Siyonbola May 18, 2013
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    Available for sale in certain parts of Lagos are chopped human body parts. They may be sold from the back of a car or in more remote parts of neighboring …

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  • Yorùbá Girl Found

    by Ololade Siyonbola January 28, 2008
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    I had a very memorable conversation – in Yorùbá – with one of my fellow. It was the first time that I can remember, since beginning to learn the language, …

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  • Akátá vs. Afrikàná: The Truth about our ‘Differences’

    by Ololade Siyonbola August 20, 2007
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    Tensions between “Akatas” and Africans in this country have worsened since the upsurge of African immigration here in the ‘80s, but were always there.  And they remain tense, in some …

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  • Akátá vs. Afrikàná: The Truth about our ‘Differences’

    by Ololade Siyonbola August 20, 2007
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    Tensions between “Akatas” and Africans in this country have worsened since the upsurge of African immigration here in the ‘80s, but were always there.  And they remain tense, in some …

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  • Yorùbá Girl Lost

    by Ololade Siyonbola July 20, 2007
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    I am a Yorùbá Girl Lost.  My parents taught me neither the culture nor language.  I was partially responsible for losing the language, because at age six, I decided that …

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  • It's Good To Be Black

    by Ololade Siyonbola November 23, 2006
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    We need to rewrite our history, because as it stands now, most of what we learn is based upon a long-term fabrication of the truth done by those with something …

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  • Consumer Power: The Rich Black Race

    by Ololade Siyonbola July 15, 2006
    by Ololade Siyonbola

    What if I told you to stop spending at Wal Mart?  K-Mart? Kroger? Ralph’s? Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Prada, Banana Republic, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, AX?  Could you do it? Am I crazy?

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