Semiye Michael

speaker

125 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 10 Feb

Semiye Michael’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Feb 2026 with 1.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

The Moth · Live from New York: The Audacity! Global Stories of Daring: The Moth Radio Hour · 10 Feb 2026 podcast

So I had this very special bond with my mother.

I was her only boy child, and she had waited for so long to have a boy.

We shared a very dear relationship.

You know, in Nigeria, a boy child is like a king, and I enjoy being treated like one.

But then, it also made me have a feeling of responsibility.

I had plans.

I was going to be there for my mother, and I was going to grow up to be a shoulder she would be able to rest on.

But if I would accomplish that, I was also going to work hard, so I had to move to the city to be a grown-up man, be a rich boy that would be able to help my mother.

I remember in 2014,

I was at home, and I got a WhatsApp message from my nephew.

And it was a picture of a maggot.

I was shocked.

I called him.

What is this?

Is that a mistake?

And he said, oh, no.

The picture, that is a maggot that came out of my mother's leg.

OK.

Just a few months ago, she had complained of sensations in her right leg.

I thought I had you to keep a tap on it.

Showing 1–20 of 125 · page 1 of 7