https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/ Essays and notes by Olaoluwa Olorunfemi. https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/are-you-afraid/ https://medium.com/p/62cd98427b59 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:23:32 GMT “Faith without works is dead”, so the bible very vividly proclaims. For many of us, the reverse is the case. I keep working, and I think I have no faith. But that is such a lie, because if I did not have a mustard seed… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/a-home-i-can-call-my-own/ https://medium.com/p/e26a5bea57c8 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:29:17 GMT A friend of mine wrote something beautiful recently, an article moving through the places she’s lived and the memories tied to each one. She’s in the UK now, and she menioned how homesick she intermittenly is. This, in… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/smiles-just-believe-an-argument-for-hope/ https://medium.com/p/86871c6d6061 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:05:51 GMT You know where this is from. If you don’t, please go and watch it. Iwaju o se lo, eyin o se pada si. You cannot go forward, you cannot go back. That is the precise condition of the young Nigerian healthcare professional… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/notes-from-25-the-god-of-the-small-things/ https://medium.com/p/4c8232054eb9 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:26:00 GMT Loss We tend to think of loss in a mostly linear form-death, the end of a relationship, a fight and breakup. This year, it has come in more subtle but equally jarring forms. It is one thing to think of the adage that… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/what-i-worked-on-in-2025-1-purelife-health/ https://medium.com/p/42c6217a804f Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:31:34 GMT The vast majority of Nigerians access healthcare through non-hospital sources — word-of-mouth recommendations, standalone pharmacies, informal providers. Pharm. Mobolaji saw an opportunity to bridge this gap by… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/the-anatomy-of-an-outrage/ https://medium.com/p/0fa053c0af51 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:16:28 GMT Generated by Google Gemini and inspired by James Gunn’s Superman Social media, as we know it, has probably changed forever. A lot of posts, especially on text-based platforms like Twitter (sorry, I don’t call it X) have… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/a-man-and-his-chi/ https://medium.com/p/7d128671b318 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:17:21 GMT I must confess I dislike writing. My pen shears off a bit of my soul, distilling it into ink and trapping it into paper. But I must write because sometimes, my head is filled to overflowing and I must create space for… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/kun-faya-kun/ https://medium.com/p/1fa0b5098e91 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:15:43 GMT It’s 5:52 PM on the 31st of December, 2024. Over the last month, I have tried and failed multiple times to write a review of my year and plan towards next year. But in between a lot of oblee!, traveling, and a general… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/to-all-the-songs-i-have-ever-loved/ https://medium.com/p/006e7dbfc927 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 12:11:14 GMT 2002/2003 — Baba Ara’s Master Key It is prize-giving day in Primary 2 or 3, and I am dressed in the sky blue-and-patterned uniform of Premiere Academy, Abuja. I have picked up most of the prizes for first place, and my… https://ocolorunfemi.com/writing/inflating-costs-deflating-health-nigerias-new-healthcare-challenge-i/ https://medium.com/p/de930e9f3241 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:09:36 GMT The first of two articles, this piece seeks to analyse the impact of recent economic developments on patient’s health before proferring solutions in the second part. As a practicing physician in suburban Nigeria, daily…