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The memoir progressively comes off as an album of eclectic cuts. If “Signs of Our Redemption” burns bright as the bold anthem chronicling the #EndSARS saga, “Don't Cry For Me, Argentina” is the wistful paean for diminished talents and dreams (“Nigeria happens to the best of us…”), while “And Always Remember Them” stands out as a poetic and elegiac tribute to the fiery season of 2020 (“It is the forgotten who are truly dead” p. 192). David's use of “We remember them” as a refrain in that chapter creates a hypnotic, incantatory rhythm that sustains emotional accumulation.
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Shaitan: Telekinesis and Arodan Review – Michael Kolawole
...Brymo returns with a two-in-one album
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Hymar David, I For Don Blow But I Too Dey Press Phone (Extended Version), Narrative Landscape Press, 2025, pp. 258
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This section humanises Wizkid by refusing spectacle. Even at this height of his success, the documentary insists, greatness is still labour. Fame does not erase anxiety; it simply magnifies what is at risk. And when he learns that his ailing (now deceased) mother's health has worsened, almost colliding with his struggles to get his set ready, we see the pain behind the fame.
Aside from its focus on the persistent pull of depression and suicidal thoughts, the film also shows how younger people battling depression and other mental health challenges seek support through social media like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Facebook to help themselves heal. While occasionally helpful, these groups often devolve into corrosive and illogical spots for peer pressure, where suicidal tendencies are encouraged and reinforced.
By the time the album closes with “Wild Goose Chase,” exhaustion has set in for Brymo. Tired of his foolish, hopeless search for love, relevance, and the pursuit of happiness, he pleads that the mirage should be taken from him. Sung in Yoruba and Nigerian Pidgin, "Wild Goose Chase” transitions to become “Arodan”, the title and opening track on the Yoruba segment of Shaitan. Serving as a link, the song neatly ties the albums together, indicating that they are one.
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The memoir progressively comes off as an album of eclectic cuts. If “Signs of Our Redemption” burns bright as the bold anthem chronicling the #EndSARS saga, “Don't Cry For Me, Argentina” is the wistful paean for diminished talents and dreams (“Nigeria happens to the best of us…”), while “And Always Remember Them” stands out as a poetic and elegiac tribute to the fiery season of 2020 (“It is the forgotten who are truly dead” p. 192). David's use of “We remember them” as a refrain in that chapter creates a hypnotic, incantatory rhythm that sustains emotional accumulation.
Jideonwo leans into this rule, but then, as if looking to validate his struggles, he constantly makes reference to the experiences of various celebrity guests who have graced his #WithChude talk show. In social interactions, he would be called a name-dropper. In print, these insertions come off as cross-promotion and shortchange the book’s efficacy as a memoir.
Some authors mine their lived experiences for inspiration and indeed, Hollist’s own life has been shaped by migration. Born in Freetown, he spent part of his childhood in London, pursued postgraduate education in Nova Scotia, and is currently resident in Florida, where he is a professor of English at the University of Tampa. He might be a citizen of the world
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Because of this, our environment becomes vital to our progress. As a fifteen-year-old, I knew this intuitively, not as I know it now, not theoretically. I knew that my environment was limited in significant ways. It wasn't one for creativity or imagination. It lay at the tail end of cynicism
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