A letter from
AYOMIDE AJAYI
“Hello hello, my name is Ayomide Ajayi, mostly profession. I legit get questions like WHY ?!, WHAT
called Mide or Alex. I am 18 years young and also a DID YOUR MUM SAY ?, ARE YOU SERIOUS ?!. But I
student but I am currently not in school. I finished just laugh because I am hell bent on it, apparently
high school last year and apparently I have been we all know arts aren’t really appreciated here, so
doing nothing but trying to process my school I’ll be taking it out of here and coming back to
application outside Nigeria, hopefully it works make people see what I’ve got and how I make a
out this year and I should leave by January. I am living out of it. We don’t have to become a lawyer
an only child and I stay with my mum, she can be or Doctor to make it. I didn’t come to this life to
quite annoying but she supports my art which I be reading like a robot, please please lets know
am thankful for because most Nigerian parents ourselves. If any young artist is reading this and
don’t even want to see their kids hold a pencil let people try to discourage you prove them wrong
alone want to study arts or make it a profession, okay ?. Now back to the ‘about myself part’, I am a
girl! I know right!, I want to study it and make it a writer and a sport lover. I legit love sports, I am an
Poverty - Graphite// December 2016// @alexmide// NGN 30,000
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