Risi By Name
Friday, 20 January 2023

THE BEST LAID PLANS AND ALL THAT

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  Saturday 31st Dec 2022 11:30pm, lights have been dimmed and music is playing softly in the background, I slowly nod my head as I remember...
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Friday, 21 October 2022

NAME AND SHAME

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  Monday 26th Sept 2022 my phone pings  message reads ‘Hello, I’m fundraising for ****church. Here’s my JustGiving page, if you’d like to do...
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Friday, 14 October 2022

17 PERFECT STRANGERS AND 4 DOGS

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  FRIDAY COMMUNITY CHAT 2021 This blog post has sat as a draft for well over a year and only been updated shortly before I published, hence ...
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Friday, 4 February 2022

TAKE YOUR TIME....

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  The title of today’s blog is ‘An expression used to let somebody politely know there is no need to hurry’. 
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Friday, 21 January 2022

MADE IN LAGOS, NO STRESS 2

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  Now where did I stop? Ok the part where we packed our ‘Ghana-must-go’ large matted woven bag heading towards Heathrow airport. Obviously...
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Friday, 7 January 2022

MADE IN LAGOS - NO STRESS.....

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I awake from deep sleep as I hear a rustling sound in the room. It’s pitch dark as the bedside lamp is not working. I freeze as I hear a fam...
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Friday, 1 October 2021

IT IS WHAT IT IS.....

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So it all started with a Whatsapp chat between myself and my cousin, Dela when she invited me to join her for   a ‘Soul Weekender’ at Butlin...
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Friday, 10 September 2021

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY....

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  ‘Imitation’ they say is the sincerest form of flattery.  So at work since the pandemic we have gone somewhat virtual, holding meetings via...
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Friday, 27 August 2021

I KNOW WHO I AM......2021

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  Last year May 17th 2020 when I was on a roll consistently posting blogs I wrote an article titled ‘I know who I am.....’ to date it is o...
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Friday, 26 March 2021

LET THEM EAT CAKE.....

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    The picture above was taken on a Friday afternoon last October, when one was still trying to make the most of any window of opportunity ...
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Sunday, 20 September 2020

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY....

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2020 a year like no other.  Over the last 3 years I have documented my summer breaks, this has been so much fun, though one slight setback w...
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Friday, 21 August 2020

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED....

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It’s 6am, I sense a vibration from my phone so check a message that reads ‘Ola I’m in Paris waiting to board...’ My thoughts are ‘Wo...
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Friday, 7 August 2020

POUNDED YAM ON A MONDAY?

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Hi guys TGIF, I’ve been sitting twiddling my thumbs waiting for a friend of mine to send me a pic before I posted today’s blog.
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Friday, 17 July 2020

THE NEW NORMAL....

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Family Quiz Zoom  Hi guys it has been quite a while, I’ve been taking a break and had no plans to blog for a while until a friend as...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Protesting With My Mum: #BlackLivesMatter

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SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE:  My name is Tee (Risi's daughter) and today I will be taking over my mum's blog. My mother and I...
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Sunday, 31 May 2020

THE HATE U GIVE (T.H.U.G).....

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I'm Gonna Tell THEM There is An African American Man Threatening My Life ~ Amy Cooper I Can’t Breathe ~ George Floyd When The ...
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Sunday, 24 May 2020

IT IS WHAT IT IS...

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The goofy ‘social distanced’ photograph above was taken with my mate Chris earlier this week, at work. You may recall in my previous bl...
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Sunday, 17 May 2020

I KNOW WHO I AM....

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New Year's Day 2017 It's been a long time coming, they do say ‘Better late than never’ though. I've always known I would b...
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Thursday, 7 May 2020

KEEP ON MOVING....

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Photo above is me returning to the plantation after 6 weeks locked down in Lagos and 2 weeks in self isolation back in the U.K. In case...
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Thursday, 30 April 2020

LIFE AFTER....

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Before the Social Distancing Brigade come for me with their sticks and stones, the picture above was taken Pre-Lockdown, New Year’s Da...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2020

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO.....

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So where did I stop….. Oh yeah the part when I received the text from Virgin informing me that as all commercial flights from Ni...
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Friday, 10 April 2020

30 DAYS IN LAGOS AND STILL COUNTING...

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A phone is ringing in the near distance and wakes me from sleep, the bedside clock reads 3:30am. I stare as my phone continues to flash...
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Friday, 25 October 2019

WE CAME.......WE SAW......2019

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                            Hi could you all quickly gather here for a selfie…..I've missed you so much! Now this is really emba...
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Monday, 1 October 2018

WE CAME.......WE SAW.....2018 (PART 2)

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        Happy Nigerian Independence Day everyone.  'Unku' Tinubu, Lagos no go spoil Ooo, literally! (If you know....you kn...
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Thursday, 20 September 2018

WE CAME.....WE SAW.....2018 (PART 1)

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            Guess what? We were in Prague last week! When I say ‘we’ I refer to a group of tight friends who have morphed into...
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Friday, 31 August 2018

A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM MY FRIENDS...

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I had no plans to blog this week, then something happened to me! When I posted blog last week, I did something different…. while forwa...
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Friday, 17 August 2018

IT'S NOT YOU....IT'S ME!

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I'm feeling rather frivolous today, we’ve had some deep stuffs (‘stuff’ I know has no plural but if you know…you know!) on blog recen...
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Thursday, 9 August 2018

IS IT COZ I IS BLACK? (THE OFFICIAL COMPLAINT)

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                     This is an update on a blog I posted on 30th July 2018  “ Is It Cos I Is Black? ”   recounting the day my broth...
Monday, 30 July 2018

IS IT COZ I IS BLACK?

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                                From title of this post you should know a major rant is uploading.  I’m not here to play today, so ...
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Friday, 16 February 2018

PLENTY MEAT......NO VEG PLEASE!

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       Happy belated New Year greetings, hope you had a fab Christmas. Yes I know it's been a while and I actually have no exc...
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