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Bisi Adjapon

The First Time I saw God

The first time I saw God, I was eight years old.

Oct 27, 2020

The First Time I saw God

Oct 27, 2020

Your Agent, Your Lover

An agent/writer relationship is like choosing a lover or life partner, but writers fail to see that. They enter into the agreement with a…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

On Writing

After hunkering down for the better part of a year, I have finished my second novel.

Dec 9, 2019

Dec 9, 2019

Breasts Strokes

The first time I became aware of my breasts as a problem to society, I was running up the stairs to my teacher’s flat. I was in middle…

Oct 13, 2019

Oct 13, 2019

How to have a Productive Day

So, after drawing inspiration from my writer friend Ayesha, I have a brand-new resolution: no internet, no looking at my phone first thing…

Mar 6, 2019

How to have a Productive Day

Mar 6, 2019

Hello, Colonialism is Over!

In celebration of mother tongue, I dusted this old article from the archives:

Feb 22, 2019

Feb 22, 2019

The Man with the Dead P

About a week ago, I was napping when the phone’s ringing jerked me up. It was Auntie A, my 73-year-old landlady. Her voice was snappy…

Feb 11, 2019

The Man with the Dead P

Feb 11, 2019

Penises, Penises Everywhere

I was in a taxi driving by Osu cemetery in Accra when I saw three men fumble with the front of their trousers. They ambled to the cemetery…

Dec 10, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

I, Witch

I became a witch when I visited a Ghanaian church in America. I had never been fond of “spiritual” churches where people saw visions, spoke…

Nov 28, 2016

I, Witch

Nov 28, 2016

A Walk in the Burb

For the first time ever, in a suburb where cars whiz around curves and race to beat red lights, I walked to the library and bank. If I’d…

Nov 4, 2016

A Walk in the Burb

Nov 4, 2016

Bisi Adjapon

Bisi Adjapon

Bisi Adjapon is the author of Of Women and Frogs, named top 15 books 2018. She has written for McSweneys, Washington Times. Brittle Paper and other journals

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