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DAVID DEBORAH MELISSA Nigeria
Creator name | BIG DEE
Writer | Speaker | Creative Voice. I tell stories, make calls & design confidence. @ Yabatech
city Lagos, Nigeria
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Things people have made normal, that isn't normal. (Children)
In Psychology • 1 min read
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Posted on April 23, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
The Fire and the Fog
In Philosophy • 4 min read On the night of 20 October 2020, something happened at Lekki Toll G...
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Posted on April 22, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
COME BACK OR ELSE
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 5 min read Araye egbami o!Won ti shey mi ni nkan. They have done me something....
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Posted on April 11, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
When 'I Do' Doesn't Mean Forever Yes
In Relationships • 4 min read In 2016, Nigerian superstar Tiwa Savage shocked the nation when she...
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Posted on April 9, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
Five Ways to Survive in Nigeria: EPISODE 1
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 4 min read Nobody sent you to be born here. But since you are here, since your...
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Posted on April 2, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
OUR KIND OF LOVE 💕
In Relationships • 2 min read This is not the love that leaves when the weather turns,not the kin...
56 views 11 upvotes 10 comments
Posted on March 26, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
Shut Down
In Psychology • 1 min read Look at him...not bleeding…but burning.Because bleeding is mercy.Bl...
60 views 11 upvotes 14 comments
Posted on March 24, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
I Broke the Night
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read I saw her first. Me.Just a heap across the room, slumped like a pil...
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Posted on March 23, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
ALWAYS SORRY
In Mental Health • 3 min read Sorry.I learned it before I learned my name. Not the kind that mean...
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Posted on March 21, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
December Still Owes Me
In Trending • 2 min read Friday.December 22nd, 2017.Three days to Christmas.Three days to he...
58 views 9 upvotes 12 comments
Posted on March 15, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
SECOND BIRTH
In Women • 2 min read The world celebrating Mothering Sunday, or whatever they say. Some ...
83 views 7 upvotes 8 comments
Posted on March 14, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
THE MAD MAN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read Everyone on Coker Street knew Prince William.Not because he was roy...
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Posted on March 12, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
A ghost called my future
In Philosophy • 2 min read Author’s Note:  This piece explores the friction between the exhaus...
109 views 6 upvotes 7 comments
Posted on March 7, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
YOU ALL ARE MONSTERS
In Philosophy • 2 min read You All Are Monsters.Yes. I'm talking to you, oh and of course, me ...
83 views 17 upvotes 16 comments
Posted on Feb. 24, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
The Threshold
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read The morning arrived like an eviction....It was a cold that didn't j...
92 views 8 upvotes 9 comments
Posted on Feb. 22, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
BABA ÈWÈ (Father to Children)
In Relationships • 3 min read Maybe, Some Men Die Twice...... "Stop"."No"."Please"."Stop".He laug...
92 views 7 upvotes 10 comments
Posted on Feb. 20, 2026, 5:51 p.m.
Agbada and Other Silences
In History and Culture • 1 min read They said it with authority no one questioned.... “Àgbà kì í wà l’ọ́...
127 views 7 upvotes 12 comments
Posted on Feb. 18, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
I Didn’t Say I Was Coming
In Psychology • 2 min read I didn’t say I was coming.I don’t even know how I got here.You must...
99 views 6 upvotes 13 comments
Posted on Feb. 13, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
Before You Say “I Love You”
In Relationships • 3 min read The people in our community said my parents had a strong marriage.T...
134 views 12 upvotes 23 comments
Posted on Feb. 13, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
THE DEBT
In Women • 3 min read My mother calls me "Our Pillar" now.This same woman, who used to ca...
104 views 7 upvotes 8 comments
Posted on Feb. 8, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
If I Have a Daughter
In Women • 3 min read I want a daughter who will not live for anyone’s approval.Not to dr...
116 views 7 upvotes 11 comments
Posted on Jan. 29, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
The cost of becoming
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read I used to think growth was a garden filled with soft petals and the...
122 views 6 upvotes 6 comments
Posted on Jan. 18, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Letter from an Orphan
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 3 min read Baami, Iyemi, otojo meta.It has been a long time, my lovely angels ...
166 views 7 upvotes 9 comments
Posted on Jan. 16, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
The one who checks in...
In Trending • 2 min read I have been seeing this post for a while now, and I get it. We all ...
155 views 5 upvotes 12 comments
Posted on Jan. 6, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Tobi, Why?
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read "Tobi! Tobi!!"The name left my throat like a jagged piece of glass....
131 views 5 upvotes 8 comments
Posted on Jan. 6, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
The Dreams We Traded for Bread
In Career and Jobs • 2 min read He used to say, “I will hold the heart of a man in my hands and mak...
145 views 4 upvotes 5 comments
Posted on Jan. 5, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
The Velvet Trap
In Relationships • 2 min read The wedding video began with that song.Elvis Presley’s voice, smoot...
172 views 7 upvotes 8 comments
Posted on Jan. 4, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
Ìyémi (My Mother)
In Women • 4 min read The people of Iwaya called her a saint.They saw a woman whose back ...
173 views 8 upvotes 10 comments
Posted on Jan. 2, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
She died yesterday 😢
In Psychology • 2 min read She died yesterday.It wasn’t dramatic. There were no sirens, no sud...
124 views 4 upvotes 6 comments
Posted on Dec. 25, 2025, 7:02 p.m.
DEAR TWOCENTS
In Trending • 2 min read I’ve been a writer for a long time.Long before Two Cent.But somewhe...
159 views 7 upvotes 10 comments
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Big Dee Nigeria
Feb 07, 2026 17:39p.m.
So, wait... I wasn't feeling too good.Or rather, I haven't been myself lately so I shut myself, out a lot of things.. trying to stay afloat..Then, I saw something I wasn't expecting 🥺I've been veri...
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. Yet the proposition before us insists that whe...
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