# Bunmi Emenanjo, Storyteller

Join me as I write about chasing joy, sitting in sadness, tasting bellyful laughter, wrangling with grief, dancing with abandonment, and loving hard on the people I love. I hope you will see yourself in my words and I hope they move your spirit.

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## [A Gratitude Walk, A Playlist, and Reminiscing with Sun Kisses](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/a-gratitude-walk-a-playlist-and-reminiscing)

_2026-08-03 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

I travel often for work.

## [On Doing Optional Hard Things](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/on-doing-optional-hard-things)

_2026-03-11 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

Why you should do that hard thing your heart yearns for.

## [On Banana Bread and Falling Short](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/on-banana-bread-and-falling-short)

_2026-01-18 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

Made some banana bread today, had it with some chai, stumbled on a few truths.

## [On The Intentional Pursuit of JOY](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/on-the-intentional-pursuit-of-joy)

_2026-01-04 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

What would 2026 look like if you intentionally planned for and pursued JOY?

## [Book Review - The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/book-review-a-djinn-waits-a-hundred)

_2025-08-10 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

A book review and how I fell in love with stories.

## [Finding Joy in a Lagos Market](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/finding-joy-in-a-lagos-market)

_2025-07-13 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

I stepped into her store in Ìsàlẹ̀ Èkó, a district in Lagos with a name that literally translates to the “depths of Lagos.” The small store was likely no larger than an 8 feet by 10 feet kiosk, walls lined with necklaces and bracelets made up of beads and stones of all colors and shapes.

## [A Bucket And A Bowl... A Remembering](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/a-bucket-and-a-bowl-a-remembering)

_2024-06-19 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

A short story I wrote during my visit to Nigeria last year, my first time back in 23 years.

## [On representation, and unexpected joys](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/on-representation-and-unexpected)

_2024-06-14 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

What I have been learning on the book tour...

## [On Grief](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/on-grief)

_2024-06-09 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

Processing, Feeling, and Healing

## [Let Gratitude Pour Over You](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/let-gratitude-pour-over-you)

_2024-05-21 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

Poetry by Bunmi Emenanjo

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_2024-05-21 · **Sponsored**_

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## [About Bunmi Emenanjo](https://bunmiemenanjo.substack.com/p/coming-soon)

_2024-05-20 · Bunmi Emenanjo_

Author, lawyer, entrepreneur, public speaker, and curator of globally diverse children’s literature. Born in the United States and raised in Nigeria, Bunmi Emenanjo was exposed at a young age to stories from around the world - from the works of Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, to Shakespeare and Arabian Nights.Bunmi’s childhood and culture inspire her writing and her work as a curator of diverse…