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Funmi Iyanda
@Funmilola
Enquires to meridith@oyamedia.co.uk
Oct 22, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
#EndsSARS

Tell you a story.

My friend, sisi Remi, late, was 11 years older and often exasperating wise.

Once, after a brutal protest clampdown, l shouted myself hoarse about the evil doers, the back bitters and the sell outs. I lamented that nothing had and can change.... She laughed and said but Funmi, it’s your ego talking nah. I’m like did this aunty just insult me? Seeing like my eye was turning red a bit, she continued . What you are trying to do is move matter, that takes time and many elements. Look at that rock Funmi, do you know how ...
Oct 20, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
There seem to be profiling everywhere.

People can sniff disdain, elitism and opportunism a mile off and will turn destructively opportunistic because they have no trust in either oppressors or liberators.

There’s need to engage the “thugs”.

#endsars The protests will need to grow into community generated and supported entities

There are profession/religion/trade/gender/age/ethnicity groups in each community with leadership people respond to. Area boys have leaders.

If the protests doesn’t engage them, the status quo will
Oct 17, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The two political movement Nigeria needs now.

Youth Party of Nigeria.

Women of Nigeria party.

These movements would ideally recruits and have cells on campuses, secondary schools, places of religion and work.

It will not discriminate on basis of ethnicity, religion, class. These are the biggest demographic groups in Nigeria.

They would need to be built on ideologies of inclusive economic growth, poverty elimination, liberal human freedom.

A determination to free the majority of Nigerians from the consequences of current feudal socio-politics
Aug 29, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I’m pleased to announce the @BFI London Film Festival world premiere of Walking With Shadows, an adaptation of @JudeDibia’s award-winning novel. This is the first in a slate of films my team and l will be making.

#WWSTHEMOVIE #walkingwithshadows I left news and current affairs because I was tragedy fatigued and could see the trauma-denying, post-shock culture emerging in Nigeria. My purpose for being a journalist was to use media as to provide information and knowledge for building better societies. Corn, but l like corn
Jan 10, 2019 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
My cook’s 4 year old is spoilt as her mother had her late. We all spoil her cos she was born with a resting bitch face so she scares us.

She follows her mum everywhere so l insist she leave her with me. She starts gloriously wailing as per usual.

So l ask her if she hates me This stops her mid wail as she looks at me in confusion.

I asked again, do you hate me Opeyemi? She said no, I lost everyone she loves in the house and ask same question.

She shakes her head vigorously

So why are you weeping to be left with us l ask.

She has no answer ..