Shayo Tinuoye: The Global Citizen

Shayo Tinuoye

Oluwashayo Tinuoye – or Shayo as most people call her – is a young Nigerian lady who has traveled to thirty-four countries in her quest for knowledge and an opportunity to impact lives. And she isn’t done yet. She intends to visit as many countries as possible before she is too old to travel. But where did it all start from? To understand her will, we may have to go way back.

The Woman He Lost

Picture Culled From:
 MARSHABLE's 'Black Armor'
Written By: David Yi

When Ebo Kofi met Iminathi Thato, he and Farhanah Ekow were checking themselves out. For a minute there, he thought he was in love with Farhanah but all that flew out of the window when Iminathi spoke to him.

Worst Fathers

Image: LA Progressive

My mind keeps flitting to this year’s Father’s Day and an incident that happened on Twitter.

Support the Eradication of Poverty

A boy with calloused feet and worn-out slippers.
A direct result of poverty.
Picture: SHARE THE WORLD'S RESOURCES

Poverty is an ever-present reality for many Africans. This is usually a result of war and conflicts, natural causes like drought, famine, excessive rainfall, or epidemics. For many countries, however, poverty is a direct result of failed or ineffective government policies.

International Day for the Girl Child

Carefree Girls: What we aspire for every girl in the world.
Image: Unsplash.

Today, Shades of Us joins the world in commemorating the International Day for the Girl Child!

We believe every girl deserves the following;

Dealing With Body Shaming

Hi.

So let us talk about my weight gain, shall we?

In the past few months, I have put on more of those pounds in some areas I like (wink) and in some, I don’t. At the beginning of the year, I was a size 14; now, I am a size 16. This has meant getting bigger clothes, worrying about not being able to tuck in my belly anymore and generally feeling out of sorts with them Christian mother upper arms. That is where the rosy stuff ends. Imagine that this is what I call rosy.

A few weeks ago, I went out to get something for breakfast and this okada rider whom I have known for a while was passing by. I said hello and continued on my way. The man stopped his okada and said hello. I saw that he wanted to tell me something so I went back to hear him out. I assumed what he wanted to tell me must be pretty important because he was willing to waste the time of his customers to talk to me. He looked at me and said, ‘Do you know that you have multiplied? You are so fat now oh! E be like say this Buhari regime no dey affect you. This fatness too much na!’

The Foreign Certificate Syndrome

Picture From: The Evolllution

Have you noticed that many companies in Nigeria today ask that prospective employees have at least a Masters Degree from a foreign institution?

Here Comes the Bride (4)

Picture from: THE FEMINIST WIRE

Bimbo Omotosho woke up wanting to pee. She went into her bathroom and when she returned, sat on her bed and stared at the night light. She wasn’t sure she could fall right back to sleep. 'Maybe a glass of milk would help’, she said to herself. She looked at her bedside clock and saw that it was 2am. Her mother always snapped about having late-night snacks and Bimbo really didn’t listen. When she was hungry, she ate. She had a stash under her bed which helped her cravings.