Aurora Mizutani, born Dupelola Osaretin Ajala, known as Dupelola Ajala, daughter of Olabisi Ajala.

When Love Governs: Rethinking Power Inside Intimate Relationships Get it on Amazon We are comfortable talking about power in politics. We are comfortable talking about authority in organizations. We are far less comfortable asking whether governance operates inside our closest relationships. The default vocabulary for relational strain is psychological: communication problems, attachment styles, and emotional dysfunction. That language captures experience, but it often misses structure. What if some relationships function not simply as emotional partnerships - but as small governance systems? In Micro-Cults: Intimate Governance as a Mechanism of Allegiance, I introduce the concept of the micro-cult to describe intimate systems in which belonging becomes regulated through three mechanisms: loyalty extraction, epistemic control, and exit-cost inflation. Get it on Amazon This does not mean families are cults. It does not mean intense love is pathological. It means that under certain con...

What Families Are Not Told About the Final Week When Morphine Enters the Room GET IT ON AMAZON There's a moment in many hospital rooms that changes everything. The doctor says, "We're going to focus on comfort now." Morphine is started. Within days, your loved one stops speaking. Stops eating. Stops drinking. And then - they're gone. If you've been through it, you know the feeling. The timeline feels compressed. The silence feels abrupt. And afterward, a question lingers: Did the morphine cause this? In my new book, Morphine, Consent, and the Final Week, I explore that question through research, medical data, and the story of my friend Vicky Talmadge, who died in January 2026 after consenting to morphine in the final stage of cancer. GET IT ON AMAZON Here's what the evidence actually says: Morphine, when properly titrated, is not designed to cause death. Studies do not show consistent proof that appropriately managed opioids significantly shorten surviva...

Aurora Mizutani's acclaimed book tackles Nigeria, Women, and the 21st Century Problem Nobody Wants to Name Everyone agrees misogyny is bad.  The argument starts the moment you ask how it actually works. Get it on Amazon "Nigeria's Women, Still Waiting" by Aurora MizutaniIn 21st-century Nigeria, gender inequality is rarely loud. It does not usually announce itself with slurs or explicit bans. Instead, it shows up quietly, professionally, and politely. In invitations that never come. In credits that disappear. In panels where women speak but never lead. In legacies where daughters maintain the archive and sons inherit the microphone. This book is about that version of misogyny.  The one that smiles. The Illusion of Progress Nigeria is often described as a place of "strong women." And it is. Women run markets, churches, households, NGOs, and entire informal economies. They hold communities together when institutions fail. They fund families when men disappear....

The Honeymoon Ends, the Paperwork Begins Japan is easy to admire from the outside, but living there reveals a quieter reality shaped by paperwork, deadlines, and unspoken rules. Expats in Japan: Tourists, Contracts, and the Long Game is a plain-language, journalistic guide to what actually separates expats who stay from those who leave. The book moves past cherry blossoms and convenience-store clichés to show how small pressures stack up over time: money that works until it doesn't, contracts that end on schedule, social norms that are never explained, and systems that reward preparation over confidence. Staying is not framed as personality or devotion. It is about buffers, anchors, and options: time, savings, information, and people who can help you navigate complexity before your life narrows into one fragile lane. Running through the book is a sharp look at how Japan informally sorts foreigners into social boxes. Tourists are welcomed because they leave. Expats are tolerated b...

How Love, Loyalty, and Family Rules Can Turn Into a Trap Most people hear the word cult and imagine an obvious spectacle: a charismatic leader, a captive audience, and a dress code that raises immediate questions. That image is comforting because it suggests cults are rare, extreme, and easy to spot. Grave-Cults proposes a less reassuring theory: cultic structures are not an anomaly but a feature of social life. They appear wherever allegiance is required, whether in families, friendships, romantic partnerships, professional roles, religious communities, or government institutions. From oaths and contracts to unspoken family rules, modern life is organized around systems that reward loyalty, discourage dissent, and quietly punish exit. In this framework, a cult is not defined by spectacle but by structure. Belonging is conditional, obedience is normalized, and disagreement is reframed as betrayal. The most effective cults do not announce themselves. They call themselves love, duty, ...

Inside the Hidden World of Inverted Communities Researched by Aurora Mizutani & Di Nessuno Get it on Amazon, Book One, Book Two Watch on YouTube Get it on Amazon, Book One, Book Two Most people know something is off. Structures of power don't behave the way they claim. Symbols repeat in places they shouldn't. Language bends around hidden jurisdictions, and decisions are made far from the public eye. These books spell out why. This series explains, in simple language, how Inverted Communities shape the world from behind the scenes using old traditions, symbols, and rituals to protect their power and stay hidden. "The Inverted Matrix Duology: Inside the Hidden World of Inverted Communities", gives clear answers to big questions like: "Why is there an inverted community?" and "Why do hidden networks rely on ritual and symbolism?" It's written so anyone can follow it, whether you're curious, researching, writing, or simply tired of the sha...