The Stories We Carry
There is something about public transport that turns strangers into temporary companions. A bus ride is rarely just movement from one place to another; it becomes a waiting room for lives crossing bri…
Ene Ogaba
8 essays published
Published Essays
Echoes from Elmina
I stood before the sea at Elmina in May, 2024 and found myself staring at more than water. The waves moved with a quiet rhythm, beautiful and almost calming, yet there was a heaviness that settled in…
The Gig Economy
The gig economy is often introduced as a story of freedom. A driver logs into an app when he chooses. A designer works from a café, accepting projects across continents. A writer completes assignments…
Stories Are Infrastructure: Rethinking Africa’s Greatest Deficit
For years, Africa has been framed as a continent lacking progress, stability, or innovation. But what if the real issue is not a shortage of talent or ideas, but the absence of systems capable of sustaining them?
Migration in a Bordered Africa
We want a borderless Africa, but we rarely ask if we are ready for one. Because beyond policies and passports, there is something deeper we have yet to confront; the fear we carry toward one another, and the kinship we have forgotten how to reclaim.
My Intentional Reading Journey of 2025
Reading is not always as effortless as it looks. Sometimes, the books pile up faster than the pages turn, even for those of us who genuinely love them.
When Language Fades, Identity Follows
In a world racing toward global connection, we are quietly losing the very languages that root us. What happens when a generation can no longer understand the meaning of their own names or the stories carried in their mother tongue?
