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My Lit Adventure
Sindara Oyekola
12 episodes
1 hour ago
Rediscovering and sharing my love for books one episode at a time. - Sindara
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My Lit Adventure
Episode 12 - Wahala

On this episode, Eseosa, Olivia and I talk about the absolute chaos that is Nikki May's Wahala. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast. Enjoy! 💛

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3 years ago
1 hour 19 minutes 5 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 11 - Patsy

Damisola and I are back again talking about Patsy and exploring themes of mental health, gender, sexuality, motherhood, romantic relationships and the difficult road to redemption and forgiveness. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛

Content warning: suicide, self-harm

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3 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes 2 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 10 - Black Cake
Damisola and I talk about the loneliness of immigration, the struggles of measuring up to parents' expectation and the importance of seeing our parents as people who had lives before they had us as we review Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure for updates 💛
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3 years ago
1 hour 2 minutes 18 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 9 - Hana Khan Carries On

In this episode, I discuss Hana Khan Carries On, the first book I've read set in a South Asian Canadian muslim community. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure for updates 💛

Content warning: suicide

American National Suicide Hotline - +1-800-273-8255

Nigerian suicide hotline - https://www.opencounseling.com/hotlines-ng

Crisis Services Canada - +1-833-456-4566

NHS UK https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/help-for-suicidal-thoughts/

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3 years ago
14 minutes 26 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 8 - Butter Honey Pig Bread
In this episode, Farida and I talk twins, spirituality, living in Lagos and creating a community as an African in the diaspora through the lens of Butter Honey Pig Bread. Follow our Instagram @mylit.adventure for more updates 💛
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3 years ago
59 minutes 21 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 7 - In Every Mirror She's Black
In this episode, Adaora and I explore Sweden through the experiences of Brittany, Kemi and Muna as they navigate being Black immigrants in a homogenous culture. Follow @mylit.adventure on instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛
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3 years ago
1 hour 1 minute 58 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 6 - The Soulmate Equation
Olivia and I talk about what it means for a person to become your home and why friendships that fill you up are so important through the lens of Christina Lauren’s The Soulmate Equation. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates. Enjoy! 💛
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3 years ago
47 minutes 54 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 5 - The Memory of Love

Happy Valentine's Day! I've been looking to read more books by non-Nigerian African authors and this book gave me the perfect opportunity. In this episode, Ikeme and I talk about what love looks like for us and the importance of making seemingly selfish decisions as we explore Sierra Leone in the 60s and post war in the early 2000s. Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast. Enjoy! 

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3 years ago
59 minutes 41 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 4 - Sankofa

On this episode, Kehinde Odusote and I discuss Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa and explore themes of finding one's self, colonization, authoritarianism and the struggle of realizing that our parents are flawed people. For more information on the This Ability documentary, follow @thisability_doc on Instagram and @thisabilitydoc on Twitter. Enjoy! Follow @mylit.adventure on Instagram for more updates on the podcast 💛

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3 years ago
41 minutes 42 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 3 - Easy Motion Tourist
In this episode, I explore the enigma that is Lagos as I review Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure 💛
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3 years ago
8 minutes 53 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 2 - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
On this episode, Ikeme and I delve into the chaos of the Alao household as we discuss one of my favorite books, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives or in some markets, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram @mylit.adventure for updates 💛
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3 years ago
40 minutes 15 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Episode 1 - Homegoing & Transcendent Kingdom
Welcome to My Lit. Adventure!! In this inaugural episode, Ikeme and I explore themes of grief, slavery and immigration in Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Enjoy! Content warning: this episode discusses suicide. Follow the podcast on Instagram @mylit.adventure for updates 💛
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3 years ago
23 minutes 25 seconds

My Lit Adventure
Rediscovering and sharing my love for books one episode at a time. - Sindara