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Grace Ileri

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You have to be gay to know God: Book Review

God could be a lesbian

Feb 1, 2025

You have to be gay to know God: Book Review

Feb 1, 2025

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Two Nigerian Queer Novels And Cover-up Marriages

Love is love.

Jan 25, 2025

Two Nigerian Queer Novels And Cover-up Marriages

Jan 25, 2025

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The Power of Curiosity

Did curiosity kill the cat or did it make it smarter?

Jul 30, 2024

The Power of Curiosity

Jul 30, 2024

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On Healing After Emotional Abuse

Avoidance is a coping mechanism that can camouflage as healing and forgiveness.

Jul 24, 2024

On Healing After Emotional Abuse

Jul 24, 2024

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Abuse and trauma do not exist here.

Trauma doesn't affect the average Nigerian. There is no such thing as emotional abuse in the Nigerian dialects.

Oct 9, 2023

Abuse and trauma do not exist here.

Oct 9, 2023

On Power, Forgiveness, And Consequences

A reflection on The Wellspring Tetralogy by Precious Osikha.

Dec 19, 2025

On Power, Forgiveness, And Consequences

Dec 19, 2025

Why Do Women And Children Pay For Men’s Sins?

A Reflection on Years Of Shame by Obinna Udenwe

Dec 17, 2025

Why Do Women And Children Pay For Men’s Sins?

Dec 17, 2025

On Virginity And The Language We Use

I was going through my Twitter Feed this morning when I stumbled upon the post of a woman who said “Losing my virginity at 24 was my…

Dec 17, 2025

On Virginity And The Language We Use

Dec 17, 2025

This Thing Called Marriage

A childhood friend whom I have not been in active communication with for the past few years called me recently and I bet you can guess how…

Dec 10, 2025

This Thing Called Marriage

Dec 10, 2025

On Purple Hibiscus and Domestic Violence

I’m in the kitchen making lunch. Wande Coal’s Again is playing in the background as I mentally sift through everything I had doomscrolled…

Dec 10, 2025

On Purple Hibiscus and Domestic Violence

Dec 10, 2025

Grace Ileri

Grace Ileri

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Writer + Book Lover. I explore the books, stories, and ideas that shape us—from thrillers to theology, queer love to African history.

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