All posts by Tomi Ajayi

Nigerian-born but northern-bred, Tomi works in the media team of an international development NGO in London, telling stories about the people at the heart of the fight against poverty. She spent most of 2014 living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Tomi suffers from chronic procrastination and has yet to master the art of time-keeping. She occasionally dabbles in poetry writing: her secret ambition is to be Britain’s first limerick laureate.

Fertility, family planning and women’s choices

// Just because Western women are generally giving birth later in life doesn't mean they’ve chosen to sacrifice their chances of...

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Ebola crisis one year on: lest we forget

// "... the last moments of a battle are often the hardest fought."

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Hail Mary

// 8 exceptional Marys. There's something about that name.

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Christian naturism: too much to bare?

// "If Eden is the nearest thing we have to a picture of heaven, then we'll be nudist vegans."

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Ebola: a disease fuelled by poverty

// Last week I caught a virus...

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Watching the world fall apart

// "Truth is, sometimes I'm so overwhelmed by the scale of people's suffering that I want to run and hide."

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A hostage to hair removal: time to stop cutting?

// "[A girl's] confidence levels and self-worth shouldn't be inversely proportional to her hair follicle count."

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Islamic rites and legalistic wrongs

// Perhaps we’ll discover that there’s liberty in the liturgy.

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10 things I hate about UKIP

// I hate the fact they triumphed in the European polls;

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Racism: more than just the n-word

// "While reciting a nursery rhyme doesn’t make you a racist, we all know that a word is never ‘just’ a...

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Time to climate-proof the future

// "All is not lost. While the IPCC report does make for grim reading, it tells us there is still time...

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Beyond redemption?

// "Redemption begins with remorse and repentance, so clearly Lee Rigby’s killers have a very, very long journey ahead. And who...

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Let’s talk about circumcision

// "But FGM is an Islamic issue, so it’s just the Muslim mind-set that needs changing, right? Wrong. Tragically, it turns...

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The gift of spam

// "For countless people in developing countries like Sierra Leone, a few slices of Spam would never be unwanted. Not when...

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The wait of the world

// Waiting – whether it’s for a train, a change or a breakthrough – goes against our instincts.

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The art of letting go

// I run through the airport at break-neck speed, heart racing, muscles burning, body aching.

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