There's a Yoruba proverb which roughly translates into, 'What turns its face to one person has turned its back on the other.' It's always made me think about how deeply subjective our experience of the world can be. — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I must have listened to at least 10 covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - Jeff Buckley's cover is usually my go-to song. — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I wanted to explore expectations we have of people - what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don't… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I come from a part of Nigeria where a lot of value is placed on implicit communication. The 'well brought up' child is the… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
In 2010, I was working in a bank in Lagos. It was a crazy job with long working hours. I had to leave for… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about extended family systems. You have people you can fall back on, and it's good. But what if you don't… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
Usually, by the time I hit 'save' before taking a nap, my word count has gone down, but the world I'm creating feels more… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
There's a Yoruba proverb which roughly translates into, 'What turns its face to one person has turned its back on the other.' It's always… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I think there is a dissonance between how much is expected of you as a young person, whether you are a man or a… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
When I was a child, there were two Nigerian writers in every bookshop: Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I think, for women in particular, it's kind of like you're expected to get married, have a child, and then you get to be… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I'm still very interested in the things that happened in the '80s and the '70s because I think that they were very important years… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
