NIGERIAN WRITER · DIASPORA VOICE
Through satire, letters and unflinching honesty, Olabisi Rabiu writes about Nigerian life, leadership and the hopes we carry at home and abroad.
SATIRE · LEADERSHIP · DIASPORA · HOME
TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO FEARS
FORTHCOMING
USE, DUMP, OYO
FORTHCOMING
Writer · Permanent daughter of Nigeria
Letters that name the fear. Satire that questions power. Stories that make room for laughter, even here.
THE BOOKS
For Nigerians at home, Nigerians abroad, and everyone still asking what a country owes its people.
BOOK 01 · FORTHCOMING
The Letters I Was Afraid to Send
What happens when leaving home does not take away the fear? With sharp humour and the intimacy of a letter, Olabisi examines the uncertainty of life abroad, the fear of returning to Nigeria, and the leadership decisions shaping both.
“Home should not be the second fear.”
BOOK 02 · IN EDITING
A forthcoming book by Olabisi Rabiu
A second work of Nigerian political and social satire is taking shape. Its full synopsis and publication details will be revealed as the editorial process progresses.
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A Nigerian writer living in the diaspora, a mother, businesswoman and a voice that refuses to keep quiet. Her experience as a chess player, coach and arbiter shapes the way she writes about decisions and their consequences. Her voice moves from satire to lament, from Queen’s English to street wisdom, while circling one question: what does it cost to leave, and what does it cost to stay?
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The heart of the story
Trapped Between Two Fears · The Letters I Was Afraid to Send
A generation caught between the danger of staying and the loneliness of leaving.
At home
“Organized suffering with a PowerPoint presentation.”
Abroad
“The feeling of becoming a stranger everywhere waits.”
FROM THE MANUSCRIPT
Trapped Between Two Fears
PRESS & UPDATES
Book news, campaign notes and media coverage from the journey to publication.
LEADERSHIP IS NOT YOUR TURN.
CAMPAIGN NOTE
A political-chess conversation about power, consequence and the citizens who pay when leaders move carelessly.
HOME SHOULD NOT BE THE SECOND FEAR.
CAMPAIGN NOTE
A reflection on migration, belonging and the private uncertainty hidden behind cheerful airport photographs.
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Honest reactions from readers who connected with Olabisi Rabiu’s bold reflections on home, identity, leadership and belonging.
It felt painfully familiar.
Trapped Between Two Fears captures the fear of staying, the loneliness of leaving and the difficult feeling of belonging to two places without feeling completely at home in either one.
Honest, emotional and impossible to ignore.
Olabisi writes about the conversations many people only have privately. Her words are courageous, thoughtful and deeply relatable, especially for anyone living between home and abroad.
The humour draws you in before the truth hits.
Use, Dump, OYO is witty, bold and uncomfortably accurate. Beneath the humour is a powerful examination of leadership, manipulation and how ordinary citizens are treated.
