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Mimi Adebayo

Forty and Counting Episode 4

“Yvonne? Can we talk? I have to tell you something.”  Imade’s voice was gentle, prodding.   “Yvonne,” she called again.  This time Yvonne looked up from her phone in response.  “What?” she asked.  “I…I need to talk to you about something.”  Yvonne sighed, turned to her.  Five weeks had passed since Olive’s diagnosis and even though […]

Forty and Counting Episode 2

The lobby at Babangida hospital was freshly-painted nude walls, narrow space lined with metal chairs and frames of smiling babies, old men and pregnant women, alongside motivational medical quotes – “Your body is a temple, treat it right” “COVID-19 is real, mask up”, “Minding your business is good medicine”. The receptionist’s counter was cordoned off […]