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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read • Jun 25, 2024 12:25p.m.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF MR. REGHA

'Poverty ambassador'... 'the man who has a covenant with poverty'... 'I've never seen someone who is so proud of being broke'... 'this guy never minds his business'... Say what you want about him, but in an era where multiple colorful characters rise to social media fame, Daniel Regha may yet take the title as the most enigmatic. He even dresses like he is prepared to receive the award. About a couple of years ago, a young man slowly gathered attention on social media for his unsolicited criticisms and advices on basically every matter - his name is Daniel Regha. What initially annoyed people, began amusing some (the rest have and still call for his head). Personally, I thought it was one of those 15 seconds fame thing. But nope! Daniel's 15 seconds seem to be going on forever, seeing as he has found ways to make blog pages every now and then. One of the zings Nigerians used to try to shut him up, is broke shaming. Seriously, why do we always do that? However, Daniel refused to be gagged because of his financial status (which nobody was certain about anyway). He kept up with his antics much to the chagrin of his detractors. Enter Elon Musk's money. Twitter (can't get used to calling it X even till now) rolled out the monetization feature for accounts - meaning your tweets could fetch you money depending on the engagement levels. This must have been Daniel's prayers answered because he stands out as one of the 'influencers' to have hugely benefited from this. In a move I slap the term 'genius' on, Daniel embraced his 'poverty'. Netizens loved broke shaming him, so he might as well get paid for it. Occasionally, he uploads a photo of his 'unappealing' meals and sits back while a group of people I term unwise bombard his comments with mockery and a sad display of deluded elitism (a few things get Nigerians excited more than the feeling that they are living a better life than the next man). The following week, he uploads another and gets the same result.Honestly, this makes me question human intelligence and how easily we fall for baits like fish. People call him all sorts, but I call him clever. I don't know if he intentionally does it or he is just oblivious - if he is oblivious, it makes it even more pathetic for those who indulge him. Nigerians are elitists and pride themselves in classism - which is strange for a third world nation. We always lose our marbles for things that give us that perception of class, and condemn anything else that reminds us of the reality of the nation. Honestly, whatever anyone eats or wears should not be the concern of strangers. Yet, to those online, it is an invitation to access said person's financial status. Which is why I applaud Mr. Regha. In his own quirky way, he has found a means to exploit the deluded classism of Nigerians to his profit. You do not have to like him, but you cannot deny his unorthodox brilliance.

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In Christian Theology • 2 min read • Jun 24, 2024 17:21p.m.

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How is your 2024 going? I am discovering life in bits and pieces. I have learned to theme my life, summarizing what happens in the years, months, weeks, and days. I give my year a good name and a good name for different phases in my life; I then trust God accordingly for better ones even as I look back and look forward. We are already 6 months into the year 2024 but I am not sure what to expect anymore, I just keep hoping. I've been hoping in the last couple of months but the interesting thing is that God wants hopers.  Hopers trust God, they trust that all things will work for good even when they have not seen it happen. And now these three remain - faith, hope, and love…. 1 Corinthians 13:13Hopers are waiters. Hopers have to be patient because they need to wait to see all God has for them. As long as God loves the details, he also loves the big picture. He sees the big picture more than we do and that’s why he doesn’t worry as much as we do because he knows the end from the beginning. We need to wait to renew our strength. People say once there is life there is hope. Do you want to hear something better? Once Christ is in you, there is hope of glory. There is greater glory for a hoper. You believe, you have faith? Then just hope.Remember to live each day overflowing with hope. God loves it!

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read • Jun 23, 2024 02:06a.m.

The Fear Of Aging

It’s my birthday in three weeks, and for the first time in ages, I don’t feel some type of way about getting older. (Pun intended.) Previously, this time of year would fill me with worries about not being married, having kids, or achieving career success. But strangely, even though I’m older this year than I was in previous years, (when I’m not Benjamin Button) the worry is dissipating and I’m embracing my current life’s pace like I’ve never done before.Society sucks more times than not, if you think about it. Imposing unrealistic expectations, causing unnecessary pressure. Imagine say person no fit age in peace again, you go dey fear join. For a natural occurrence we should all be grateful for and excited about, na so Idan go dey panic. I would consider myself an underachiever in previous years, comparing myself to others, using an imaginary “life” microscope to be examining what other young people have accomplished. I should knock myself on the head, to be honest. Now I do not give a rat’s ass what anybody thinks, jejely living in the moment, taking this life wey I come one Euro size 38 step at a time. My biggest lesson at this juncture; is that life na jeje, and aging is an underrated blessing. These days when people troll others for being old, I just think “this one wants to die young?”Yes na! Because if you’re not thinking of “unaliving” before your time, why is old age a problem for you?It is well. We’ll all be alright, and a happy birthday to me in advance, biko. 🙂🎉🥳🍾👯

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read • Jun 20, 2024 23:23p.m.

CHIVALRY IS DEAD

Where did all the princes go? I wonder.The ones who were there to always pick you up, hold you up and never let go.The one who would hold your hair back when you're so ill and are throwing a fit.The one who is there to run defence when you start a sordid fight.Did the earth tilt and throw them off or was it just a dream from age old times? Where did all the good men go?You know what you crave, what you really want.A man who'd run to your call and be at your beckon,Whom, although he is busy, has you at heart and never forgets you indeed.A loving and caring man, who is cliché enough to hold the door for you and pull your seat out for you, before his.A man strong enough to juggle his fears and yours.A man blessed enough to provide your every whim, just because he knows you love them, so it's not a waste. Where did Chivalry go?East or North, I don't know.What we called Chivalry was when a man got to his feet when his woman walked into the room.The smile on his face when he remembers the gem he has in his grasp.The subtle words of admiration that seeps from his lips for the one he loves. Chivalry is not dead, just forgotten.Sad, it is because, now a lot of men think the minimum and excuses are okay.I remember a time when a girl who is treated right would give anything, even a limb for the man she loves.Now, nobody cares enough to check if she has even had a good meal.If she's lucky, a good morning message drops on her phone at noon.He says "I love you" like clock work.The whole routine of it just kills all the emotions.Why don't you only say what you actually feel?"I Love You" should not be a compulsory prayer. It should be spoken when it is felt.  She will always wonder where the princes all went. The ones who made conscious effort to see that you are always smiling, are sincerely interested in your plight and want to solve your problems. She wonders;"What would it feel like to be treasured so? To be held in utmost regard. To be admonished in love, when I'm in my dour mood and praised excellently when I do something great. What would it feel like to complain about something you fear to the one you love and have him calm your storm. To be sure of the constant shoulder that you know you can always count on, to know that you have solid rock under your feet, someone who will support you, no matter what." It's a rare thing to find, but it does exist. Believe!

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In People and Society • 3 min read • Jun 18, 2024 11:38a.m.

WESTERNISATION

As a secondary school student sitting in Social Studies class (or was it Government? 🤔) I never knew how much relevance that word held. Yes, I knew on some level the cartoons I grew up on as a kid influenced my thoughts and educated me a lot. But now, many years later, I see how much it has advanced and derailed us. Anything done in excess, no matter what it is can have a negative impact. This is why Nigerians' ability to assimilate and adopt other people's cultures has had such a negative effect on us. This quality is one to be praised and makes someone a beacon, but when done in excess you not only lose the core of who you are, but you stand the risk of taking traits and habits that can be detrimental to you. This is where Nigeria finds itself.  Over time we have adopted The Good, The Bad and The This Shouldn't Even Be A Topic. We took in all these with the shaming tactic that our ways were primitive and in some cases barbarian. While I will not argue that some customs or traditions needed to be left in the past, the problem now is that there is this underlying inferiority complex and belief that most of the things from the West are better than ours.  We forget that they are human and are prone to being wrong as well, or some cultures were made to solve specific problems. Let me set an example. The idea of disciplining children. This topic is so horrific for many, but humans (and yes even kids) by nature want to test boundaries to learn what they can get away with. Why? Because human nature prioritises pleasure and immediate gratification, call it our animal Instinct. If a kid could have candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner, they would find a way to get it, but the parent has to be the firm hand to tell them no and then instil discipline in them so they don't end up with diabetes. This is what disciplining children does, it shows them what is and what isn't acceptable. This frees them to know how to interact with the larger world and not be confused when an action their parents never told them was wrong, gets them punished or ostracized by others in society. We forget that also, life has stages and as much as we are enamoured by how awesome the Western standard of life is, they have the freedom to live the way they do because either the government or the people fought to preserve it no matter how imperfect it may be. In translation, you cannot live in a developing nation and want to mimic the same culture of a developed nation that has the luxury to do so, you will just plainly appear delusional and out of touch with reality. Before we copy from them we owe it to ourselves, and our family to analyse and think through what we want to adopt. Cultures are different because realities are different. Take the best of other cultures and use it to build yourself, but know where to draw the line, do not underestimate and belittle the beauty of your culture and traditions.

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read • Jun 17, 2024 18:53p.m.

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Stupid people are not allowed to air their opinions in public - at least that was a belief once upon a time. Not only were they not allowed to speak, they were not extended an invite to an important gathering or among the knowledgeable. It might come across as arrogant and nasty to label certain group of people stupid, but the word exists for a reason and I won't give into woke culture that ignores some words. However to pacify the angry heads among us - by stupid, I mean people who lack knowledge or wisdom in specific topics, yet choose to advertise their ignorance rather than fix it. People like this exist everywhere. Their misguided and brazen show of stupidity can be seen in schools, work places, social gatherings, casual hangouts, and most recently, the internet. These people should not be given a chance to air their opinions. Wise men knew this. Even though I admit that they could be extreme, they were on to something. Why should stupid people not be allowed to freely give their opinions? Simple, because a stupid opinion is a dangerous thing. No matter how idiotic an opinion sounds, it has the ability to influence some people - majority of this being children. Hence to protect such gullibility from being preyed upon, we need to curb the rate at which absurd opinions are shared. Giving a stupid person the floor in a gathering, is also dangerous to said person. There is something hugely embarrassing about advertised ignorance. It might be elusive to the person, but not to others. There are also mischievous individuals ever ready to take advantage of exhibited ignorance. You see? It's not a condescending thing to say stupid people should not speak in public! But alas, our world has changed. The internet exists and it's free to all - free to stupid people. And with such freedom comes the overwhelming display of stupidity in the name of opinions. All it takes for anyone to drop a hot take, is an active internet subscription, an Instagram account, or an X account. And boy do stupid people have a ton of 'hot' takes. These garbage opinions have succeeded in driving a lot of people down nonsensical paths, but somehow we enjoy promoting them. It's a sure fire way to trend on social media - say something stupid! I have to state that the number of stupid people in the world grossly outweighs the number of reasonable people. Don't believe me? look through the internet with an objective mind. Having known this, can you imagine how ominous it is to let the opinions of the foolish drive the world? That might be the actual doomsday. A couple of weeks ago a certain young lady who I refuse to give the honor of mentioning her name, made the rounds on the internet for her views shared on a podcast. Quite frankly, the opinions she spewed were appalling - it's not the scary part. The scary part is that she did succeed in garnering a few supporters, and further reinforcing the warped ideology that women should be paid by their admirers for their beauty. That is what you get when you give an ignorant and intellectually handicapped person the platform to speak. The stupidity spreads like a virus. We can curtail this particular menace that threatens the sanity and order of society by limiting the liberty at which we give everyone to speak on sensitive subject matters. It might be extreme, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

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In Philosophy • 7 min read • Jun 16, 2024 20:30p.m.

Eren Yeagar and Freedom's cage

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Attack on Titan What becomes of the humanity within when a human becomes a god? In the world-famous Shonen Anime, Attack on Titan (AOT), I believe we get one version of an answer to this question. Eren Yeagar, the show's main Protagonist turned antagonist walks the life of the human chasing ultimate freedom. Even after gaining the god-like powers of the founding titan, Eren is an epic example of the difficult contradiction of becoming a god and retaining one's humanity. Firstly, to briefly introduce the existential themes of AOT; Jean-Paul Sartre describes human existence as an existence “for-itself". By this, he refers (in simple terms) to a conscious existence. Being conscious, human beings think, feel, and resist a fixed mode of existence. Sartre defines our situation as radically free and as an anxious one. On one hand, a rock, stone, or Cup exists "in-itself" and has no awareness - it has no desire to be anything else - less or more; a human being, on the other hand, exists with no fixed definition or purpose and must choose one for himself or herself. Today I could be a lawyer, for example, and then I could turn destroyer of rain forests the next. We exist first, and then we find purpose or definition “existence precedes essence”.<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000006901.webp" alt=""> This is the source of the anxiety Sartre speaks of. We will always have the angst of deciding on who we are, and what matters most. We decide at every turn even without intentionally choosing because we are radically free. To resist or deny this is what Sartre terms bad faith - that is - living as though one can only have one particular route through life - we can always choose. Sartre further suggests that in trying to escape this feeling of angst, man tries to become a fixed being, having no more desire that he/she cannot fulfil. We want to avoid the anxiety of having to choose while, however, retaining the freedom of being able to. We want to be unmoving facts of existence who, nevertheless, can choose to be anything. This is what Jean-Paul Sartre defines as man's desire to be God. God is that historically fully defined being who still retains full freedom; this, as we will come to see, is a contradiction. A human cannot be fully defined or satisfied in themselves because at the core of human existence is an insatiable nature. If a person suddenly became fully defined, wouldn't they cease to be human? <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000006903.jpg" alt=""> Let us return now to Hajime Isayama’s dramatic story, Attack on Titan. We first meet Eren Yeagar as an unremarkable boy enclosed like the rest of humanity within the towering walls of Paradis Island. The humans are so trapped because of the Titans; a genre of gigantic humanoid monsters who lurk beyond the walls and have seemingly killed most of the human population. Eren is symbolically awakened (or born) to a new level of consciousness after two major events: First, Armin, his dear friend, reveals to him a free world beyond the walls in a book waiting to be explored and experienced; secondly, in a tragic event the titans breach the otherwise impregnable walls of the city and in the attack, Eren's mother is violently killed, sacrificing her life to save him and his loyal friend Mikassa Ackerman. Following this tragedy, Eren joins the survey corps, an elite military unit that ventures beyond the walls to explore and, in part, defend Paradis Island from the Titans. Here he finds purpose: he will see the world beyond the walls like in Armin's book and he will exterminate every last titan. This is what he defines as his sole purpose - this is freedom to him. As the show progresses, we see how Eren becomes increasingly possessed with the freedom he has imagined in his head - his search for it is insatiable. First, the walls are in the way, then the titans; the humans beyond the wall fall in his cross hairs and even after beholding the peaceful waters and fields beyond; it is not enough; then there are enemies everywhere.“We’re born free. All of us. Free. Some don’t believe it, some try to take it away. To hell with them!” <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000006902.jpg" alt=""> To understand how Eren achieved the god-like nature, earlier mentioned, it is important to briefly recount the history and lore of the Titans' powers. In AOT, all Titan powers come from Ymir Fritz, this historical figure made a pact with a mysterious parasitic Creature once upon a time, and this granted her the powers of the founding titan. with this power, she was able to control mindless titans (formed by transforming her descendants directly or injecting them with her spinal fluid); manipulate her descendants' minds and memories and connect them through a mysterious realm called the paths (coordinate) which transcends space and time.Following her death, her powers which had served the king in world domination; were split amongst the king's daughters and then among the Royal family members. 9 major titans formed in this process with special powers and autonomy. The Attack Titan was one of such Special titans; it possesses the power to send memories from the present to past holders of the Attack Titan.I have left some gaps to be brief but it is more crucial to note that Eren Yeagar discovers two important things after nearly meeting his end in a titan's mouth: first, for some reason he doesn't know till later on, he is in possession of what he later learns is the attack titan's powers; and after being abducted by people he thought of as comrades, he discovers there are Humans beyond the wall who would even seek to harm his home. Eren discovers that the concept of freedom he saw in Armin's book, beyond the walls of Paradis island is under threat by not only mindless pure titans but others with special abilities like him. They are in the way of his freedom and he screams his desire to kill them all. he says quote: “ If someone is willing to take my freedom... I won’t hesitate to take theirs.”  He is set on a path then to find his fullest freedom having internalised that it could only be the Titans in his way Eren seeks to be fully realised and free even if it means other humans are in the way. It is here that he fixes himself onto one path to cope with the anxiety of his existence. "you bastards, I'll kill you all!” He learns he is also in possession of the founding titan- his father had eaten up the holder in an Eldian liberation mission before allowing himself to be devoured by Eren - passing on both powers. Using the founding's power to gain liberty becomes Eren's new purpose; a power only accessible if he can come into contact with the Royal blood of the Fritz or Reiss lineage. Upon acquiring this power he effectively becomes a god and decides to wipe out all of humanity in pursuit of ultimate freedom. It is crucial to note that he continues with this plan even after living amongst his enemies and empathising with them. They're just like him, he realises. Still, he resolves to wipe them all out, all the same.<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000006906.jpg"> Once in control of the founding titan Eren becomes like the “in itself" he is (symbolically) complete, and he is fully realised but here is the Contradiction; being able to perceive all time (past future and now) at once, he is convinced of being powerless to change his destiny. He orchestrates mass murder, sees his death coming, and even still he presses on as if he has no choice. Eren changes from the protagonist who declares that we are all free, who says "I am free. Whatever I do. Whatever I choose. I do it out of my own free will.” to the antagonist telling his friends to try to stop him “you are all free".Under the Sartrean lens, I find some explanation for the walking rumbling mass of contradiction. Eren denies his agency by fixating on his corrupted version of Armin’s dream. He thinks if he kills the Titans, he'll be free; then he encounters other people who send Titans their way and decides they must die also. Beyond them are other humans with weapons of their own; they must die as well.“So if we kill the enemy, the one waiting for us on the other side, will we... finally be free?”  By becoming a god, he becomes a fixed aspect of reality - he becomes “Eren who brings about the rumbling” and nothing else; just as a sun god would be shackled to the sun or the god of time tied to the passing of this aspect. He loses the radical freedom Sartre describes, first, because of bad faith and then because the gods are not truly free - Not like us. The irony found in Attack on Titan’s story is that our hero/villain is free when in his cage of Paradis - he can be many things from that point. He is however most trapped when he becomes the most powerful being in existence even beyond those walls. To conclude, here is a quote from Mariko of HBO’s TV series, Shogun: If Freedom is What You Live For, You’ll Never be Free from Yourself

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read • Jun 16, 2024 10:27a.m.

SAPPY, SLAPPY MEMORIES

I was that pure, untainted little person, little, in every way; size, body, mind, but my heart? Larger than life.I loved fully and hated the same way, I never lied without a sorry, inexplicable reason. I always tried to look my own definition of pretty.Sometimes, that meant half my bottle of lip gloss on already pretty lips, and just enough powder to make my lips the topic of my face. My smile always lit up the entire football field.Yes, I played occasionally but that's not the point.I wore my heart on my sleeves. You could always tell if I loved someone or not.My face, very expressive. On it, you could read everything, any emotion.I didn't have to utter a word - just how i liked it. Reading was always a hobby,Always trying to make sense of any and all words in my sight.I got so good that I started diverging to other languages, So much so that daddy always brought his igbo bible for read-aloud lessons. My little self always held authority, be it in the little role plays we indulged in the neighbourhood or among my peers anywhere.Usually, my joy knows no bounds when it's movie time. My memory and those of my siblings were always so apt, almost photographic,All the lines and lyrics, once heard, always stuck.Despite how intelligent I was, I never did as well as I'd have liked at school. This just meant I was never in the top 3-10th positions.I often read with all my might and answered questions with much deligence and patience but when it's results day, my card would come in and I'll see "18th out of 37".Sad reality, I was a knower, not an "examser". I was a late bloomer.While the girls my age were growing mounds on their chests, all I had on me were two sore dots and a bra, two sizes bigger.It never bothered me, but then again, I never questioned my body, until I couldn't find pretty shoes in my size. My teachers and principal always wrote how I was parrotty,I never saw what they saw.I knew I was playful, in fact, extremely so.Could it be that they judged me based on my out-of-class personality? What wickedness!!! There was always so much to do, but as always, I never got them all done.I always had time for books though, always had my nose stuck in one. Am I the only one who thinks hard copies are one of the most beautiful things?  The smell of them, the feel of them , it was everything, just like my memories are everything to me.

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Oh yeah! I love the smell of hard copies too. It just makes me want to read the hell out of them books. 😊

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read • Jun 15, 2024 23:42p.m.

The ‘Billing’ Culture In Lagos.

<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/d0d994a9-fdf6-4acd-8f48-e15ed19ae1b6.jpeg"> I’m getting set to direct my first feature film, and I’ve discovered something: Lagosians can never pass up on a chance to “bill” you. I've contacted countless potential cast and crew to work on my upcoming project, and the prices I’ve heard are astonishing. You people did not tell me you’re rich in this my industry o.  I don haggle price soteyyyy, mouth dey pain me, and if this billing continues like this, they will send me back to my village by the time I’m done. For those reading who are unfamiliar with what we call billing……The Oyibo, a.k.a Google definition has two meanings:1. Being advertised or described in a particular way, e.g., “they can justify their billing as Premier League favorites.”2. The process of preparing or sending invoices, e.g., “Faster, more accurate order fulfillment and billing.” But in Naija, "billing" typically refers to the act of constantly asking for money or financial assistance from someone. It can also be a regular provider of any goods or service constantly hiking their prices when they want to sell to you. Here, it can almost feel like exploitation, especially when folks think you’re swimming in money. Essentially, whenever the opportunity arises, whether someone is providing the most basic service or just assumes you have money, you’ll face billing at least once a month in this country — especially in Lagos.Lerus hope by the time i eventually shoot this movie, money go remain to even see garri drink for house. Odiegwu ooo.

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QUICK HACK TO LEARNING A NEW SKILL

As someone with a lot of varying interests and a hunger to keep learning and expanding, this is a topic I felt a younger me would've loved to see. So here I am, writing this to whoever may need this knowledge. <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000099558.jpg" alt=""> Learning something new comes with a mix of different emotions, from anxiety to excitement (depending on your comprehension/difficulty level). Learning, especially a skill comes in 2 parts; practical and theory. The theory is understanding the foundation and mechanics of that skill, the language and the ideas that help make you able to deconstruct and reconstruct any product in that field.The practical (the really fun part) is like it implies in the name; where you repeatedly practice and experiment to get your brain and body to understand what you've heard about or read. This is where you embody the knowledge and bring your ideas to the real world. The practical is supposed to be the easier part because you get to see what you have heard. Seeing it gives you an appreciation of the information, but it can be complicated as well.  From experience, I've come to find; especially in the digital space, half of the confusion in learning something new can be solved by understanding the tool you will work with. The tools, medium, and platform are usually strange to a beginner, and this inability to know how to make it do what you want is half the struggle of learning.<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000099563.jpg" alt=""> Tools are an extension of your body, like an arm. The more familiar with get with the tool, the more its use becomes so seamless that there is almost no separating it from you because of the speed between your thought and the response of the tool in delivering. So, when you are facing difficulty learning something new, just take it upon yourself to understand how the tools of that trade work, be it digital or physical. Study it till you get the hang of it, and you will notice that that understanding will translate to the easy operation of the said machine. This will help you in your endeavour to bring your imagination and thoughts to life<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000099564.jpg" alt=""> P.S. I know you may be looking for a quick hack to learn, but nothing beats time and practice. It is only through experience and familiarity that you can then learn hacks and a quicker workflow or shortcut that helps you be effective. So learn to love what you do, for that is the only way you can attain mastery

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In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read • Jun 11, 2024 11:57a.m.

GIVE THE AUDIENCE WHAT THEY WANT

If you are a filmmaker, I bet you would have heard the phrase 'give the audience what they want' on multiple occasions. It can be frustrating, especially in the Nollywood scene where producers/directors lord their superiority over writers and are dead set on their beliefs over what the audience wants. And while it's true that movie goers have certain tropes which they seem to have become accustomed to, I do not agree that creatives have to follow those tropes at all times - personally, I feel it's lazy and limiting filmmaking. One of the many beauties of filmmaking is experiencing diverse point of views of a particular ideology or completely different ideologies altogether. Therefore, I think it's sinful to deprive thousands, maybe even millions of people these experiences by churning out slightly altered versions of the same movie. I recall once at a seminar, a popular producer boldly told us : ' if you are not producing comedies or glam movies, then forget about it'. This singular experience was one of the most depressing of my journey in filmmaking. While I appreciate well done comedies, I am not drawn to writing them (at least not yet) and I am definitely not big on the idea of using glam to cover up shoddy plot, acting or production. So did this mean that I had no future in the film industry? Thankfully it didn't as there are people who appreciate my work for what it is. Plus my foray into ghostwriting has afforded me the opportunity to flex my creative muscle in various genres and creative media. I can hear someone murmur 'Hollywood does this too'. Yes, they do, but they also have a long list of evidence that they also take risk by birthing new ideas (Star wars, Avatar, Black Mirror, and these are just a few). But somehow we only draw inferences with the shortcomings of Hollywood and never their hunger to break new grounds. Hollywood isn't as obsessed as Nollywood is with 'giving the audience what they want'.  The big question now is what does the audience want? Is it a watered down theme or on the nose and preachy dialogue so they get the message? Or the needless infusion of cringe comedy so they can laugh and have a good time? Perhaps it might be the cheesy and poorly executed love dynamic between a man and woman (looking at you YouTube movies). On careful consideration, we find that giving the audience what they want is vague. Like I said earlier it's just an excuse to churn out mediocre works intended as cash grabs. Again, YouTube Nollywood, I see you. This write up would piss off a lot of Nigerian filmmakers if they see it, and I hope they do. But I'm not sorry. We've swam in the ocean of mediocrity for so long, the permanent stench of the water lingers on us. I was not drawn to filmmaking from childhood to get lost in the sea of mediocrity, I know what wonders films can do. I know the undiscovered emotions a good movie can evoke within a person, and I know first hand how well crafted and carefully thought stories can inspire. Moreover, the audience is due for something new. A couple of months ago, a teaser to the upcoming movie 'Finding Messiah' sent social media agog. It wasn't the regular stuff that the audience was used to, but the hype that has been built around it is mind-blowing. You cannot assume that a child would only eat beans and nothing else, when all you serve him is beans. It's common knowledge that a lot of people don't watch Nollywood movies in the cinemas. It is not because they are unpatriotic to their own stuff, it's because their excitement hasn't been aroused - a lot of them do not see the need to see something that has been done a thousand times. Create something good and exciting, create something fresh and watch how these same people wholeheartedly pay to see it. I absolutely believe there's a lot Nollywood can achieve if we stop boxing ourselves into an obviously crammed space in the name of giving the audience what they want. The most beautiful thing about art is that it should not be tamed.

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States, Societies, and the face of Lagosian Residential Architecture

In terms of the numbers, Lagos city has a housing problem. Reports by the World Bank show up to 70% of the population lives in informal settlements or slums, and their residences have no access to the most basic facilities. There aren't enough houses, and the houses are of poor quality. Nigeria is a poor nation by multiple accounts, and all its cities are naturally susceptible to these formations. Furthermore, poverty is not the only specific problem plaguing residential architecture in the city of Lagos; the state is home to a saturated construction industry with big players building what some of the digests and critics define as “ultra-modern” homes. The shanties and Lekki homes share the problem of being utterly inspiring. I grew up in a city where the immoderate variety of design styles do not make it into the songs; the houses are unmemorable attempts at posturing or survival; they do not make it into my dreams. In part 1 of this essay, I speak generally and draw a line of correlation between the political failings of the nation, through the absence of shared identity, and the uninspiring situation I have described above. A strong central authority sets the tone for the formation of a cohesive national identity, and this in turn allows citizens to form shared values beyond mere survival or personal gain. These values are what shape the face of beauty. In a given place, the architecture of the home is a crucial point of contact with them. <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000007224.jpg" alt=""> Photo credit: by Dami Akinbode on Unsplash First, a brief discussion of political science; Francis Fukuyama states in "the origins of political order" that a modern state forms when a consolidation of central authority gives rise to a meritocratic bureaucracy that can administer public services in a territory. A strong centralised government can create and, or maintain regulations including those concerning architecture and public infrastructure. Strong states look for ways to make their territories legible and easy to access; it makes sense because a legible territory can be easily monitored and taxed. This manifests in services such as bridge and road construction as well as creating building codes that ensure even personal residences, privately built, are within a corridor of predictability.Nigeria (and Lagos by extension) has a government rife with patrimonial appointments—a patrimonial government here being one where the ruler(s) treat the state as personal property. The Civil service is staffed with appointees who have risen through the ranks or remained in office as a result of patronage or clientelism. Beyond the poor quality of staffing, the state proves incapable of providing the most basic infrastructure due to one version of incompetence or the other; I live in an estate that has had a poor road connecting to the major road for all of two decades—reasons for this include someone sitting on a contract (taking up the money), or someone else simply forgetting to attend to it. Nigeria’s politically corrupt present and past are well documented in metrics such as the corruption perception index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International, ranking Nigeria 136 out of 175 countries for least corrupt. General political corruption, however, is not the subject of this essay. The consequent poverty, irregular administration of property and land use laws as well as a formation of strong National ideals are.As a polity moves from the traditional tribal and patrimonial mode of government, the citizens are forced to gradually drop tribal identities in favour of a more generalised national identity. A person would define themselves first as a Nigerian, for example, before saying they were from a certain village or town. An American might chant "USA" before his designated hometown’s name. This patriotism is born of a formation of shared values and ideals that come about in the context of a strong state that can unify its people. Nigeria remains perpetually on the brink; not quite tribal (although tribalistic on many occasions) but not quite nationally defined in ideals and principles either.In ancient dynastic China, first under the influence of the Qin (pronounced Chin), the country's make up was slowly unified under the rule of emperors, as China formed the world's first modern state bureaucracy built on the back of meritocratic appointments. In part two of this essay I draw straighter lines between these strong centralised bureaucracies and the impact on national identity and on architecture in the region; I also contrast this more specifically with the context of Lagos, Nigeria. <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000007277.jpg" alt=""> Forbidden city China: by Weichao Deng on unsplash  I make the case that the only unifying core value of the average Nigerian is the desire to be able to escape the administration that perpetuates substandard living conditions. This core principle manifests in a pursuit of money that is all-consuming. The logic is sound; if enough money is made one can live out of reach of the poverty that pervades the Nigerian landscape. “Money stops nonsense” “Double your hustle” “If it's not making money it's not making sense.” Nigerians might be familiar with any of these mantras summoning the importance of a sizable bank account. The Nigerian dream is one of salvation through financial freedom. Taken to its extreme, even in religious circles, money with profit becomes deified.Returning to Lagos; the capitalist stronghold of Lagos city is a place of pilgrimage for the service of money. Societal values penetrate every aspect of life, and in the financial jewel of Nigeria, the worship of profit does not spare the architecture. In societies with more complex and richer value systems formed on the back of strong national identities, one might have architects designing to profess an admiration for community or perhaps articulate the meek inner city life. Honest, transparent states might design houses that call men of the town to unearth their deeds. Even tribal societies of old have erected their homes with clear priorities backed by their unified value system and identities. A courtyard surrounded by communal homes of one large extended family might show you just how important family is, and apartments in Italy with balconies featuring flowery balustrades looking into the squares or streets paint clearer pictures of where you are.The sameness of modern cities is a wider discussion that goes beyond poverty or substandard statehood; the residential architecture of cities to the east and west that we might describe as unique and beautiful, however, face modernist principles armed with strong institutions and clarity on who they are. <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000006909.jpg" alt=""> Lagos has no such good fortune; with an irregular administration of the built environment, featuring laws that can be circumvented by bribery or negligence, the individuals, developers, and designers are treated to a free-for-all. The city is a rowdy discussion of design styles from colonial architecture to the current take on modern architecture; it is a tussle for the display of affluence or cutting of corners to maximise profit. To my left I might look and see a house that has seen no professional attention—it is perhaps unfit for living, the materials failing; the bespoke aesthetics a designer might bring to light, ignored. On the other hand, a developer might employ designers of his own; controlling the money and wanting more of it, his brief demands the oblong white and bland cuboids one might find in every gated Lekki estate. When the architects take charge they also, for the most part, bend to no particular ideal beyond profit. When they do not, they impose ideals that are removed from the local context. Between the cracks where these major forces propelling residential design have failed to reach, the common man erects informal settlements removed from this privileged discussion. <img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000007268.jpg" alt=""> When I point accusing fingers at the residential architecture that fails to inspire me in Lagos, Nigeria, I channel much blame to the ailing state bureaucracy; the impoverished society it has engendered is lacking not just money but strong unifying values of statehood beyond survival.  In the future, I will point to more concrete examples of the architectural failings I described in this piece, and hopefully shed more light on what i believe is a crisis born of another crisis. If Lagos is to create more unique homes that prioritise tenets like well-being or beauty, it might be the case that the government must become more capable; designers and stakeholders might also have to impose a more robust set of principles that reverse engineer a strong sense of identity.In part 2 of this essay I further illustrate how the unifying central authority of ancient dynastic China forged a clear identity for its people and its architecture (residential or otherwise) in major cities and then outskirts. I contrast this with how the several disjointed influences on Nigerian and Lagosian architecture have introduced the current landscape with disparate competing styles belied by ideals such as profit, bare bones survival or showing up your neighbours.

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