I am Waila Caan, a writer and storyteller. Here, I write about the things that shape us; love, memories, family, belonging, and the complexities of being human.

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View fullsize See Gobe. A story inspired by the bar and bukka culture I witnessed as a teenager growing up in Lagos. Trigger warning, there are themes of violence, sexual assault and harassment. https://www.wailacaan.com/fiction/see-gobe xXx Waila #seegobe #
View fullsize Over two decades ago, I had a random conversation with my uni flatmate that I have remembered many times over the last 4 years. She made a joke about aborting a pregnancy if she thought the child would come out 'ugly' and it sparked a more serious co
View fullsize Folks, we are live!🎉🎉🎉 It has been one technical difficulty after another...but that website was going to be built, even if I had to do it three times over on three different platforms. Starting off with some oldies but goodies from the archive