Chronycles
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For the mundane and oddly specific. 🌹
Joined December 2023
At Chronycles, we document the oddly specific, the deeply personal, and stories that linger long after they’re told. 🌹
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"As a first-class graduate from the University of Ibadan’s department of History, the potentials are there. I believe the opportunities are going to come sooner or later. But even at that, the economic realities are dire.".
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As a first-class graduate from the University of Ibadan’s department of History, the potentials are there.
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It’s because of the whole degeneration in society now that you have to learn ten things at a time before you can even make a living. In an ideal world, I wouldn’t bother myself by venturing into tech. — DELLY (IBADAN, NIGERIA)
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I started noticing that people were discouraged by the high prices in 2022. I noticed that whenever I inflated the prices of parts, people would go to other places to double-check, and if the other person had a lower price, they would patronise them instead. — JAMIU (ABUJA)
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RT @sadaoverall: For the @chronycles_ I write about almost dying and PTSD; living with mental health,.depersonalization and epileptic seizu….
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"We were in one of the eight public psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria, serving a population of about two hundred million people. 1 in 4 Nigerians suffers from some sort of mental illness.".
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15 years ago, a bag of corn was 1,000 Naira. But now, the same bag is between 18,000 and 20,000 Naira.
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It’s been up to 15 years since I moved to Abuja from Enugu state and started selling food and roasted corn. I am 33 years old now. At that time, a bag of corn was 1,000 Naira. But now, the same bag is between 18,000 and 20,000 Naira. That time, there was money. — UZOMMA.
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Do you have a story you'd like to share? Send us a message today and we'll put you through. 🌹
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Arguably, one of the reasons conversations seem to have dwindled, lack human interaction and affection, and generate erratic reactions is that we have chosen to give AI tasks that can help us talk rather than talking to ourselves. Read more:
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What are we looking for? Everything. If you feel a strong urge to share it with the world, chances are it’s exactly what we’d like to publish. 🌹
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We live in a deeply beautiful world where my family from Nigeria gets to keep the multigenerational story of a liberal Jewish family from Toronto. — TEMITAYO (Canada).
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"Before, my partner wasn’t so enthusiastic about immigration. What made him change his view about moving was the worsening economy. He now spends a lot of money on food, electricity, and transportation and thinks staying back in Nigeria is not worth it anymore.". — IFEOLUWA.
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"I miss my friends back home. I feel like I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with them before I traveled. Weirdly, I also “miss” the ones I’m yet to meet, the ones I became friends with on Twitter. I miss the club scene.". — TOBI (LONDON, UK)
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"There’s a lot of shame in studying abroad when you don’t have the means. So, people don’t like sharing. Will someone tell you she’s squatting in a man’s house and helping him with chores and laundry just so she can have free accommodation?"
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