The angry rush of water down the old roof reflected Amina’s own dark mood. Shaking her head, she bemoaned the erratic weather of Benin City, where God has seen fit to give…
It is almost New Year’s Eve again. At every year’s end, we make dazzling new decisions for the new year. Tell me, what happened to your last year’s resolutions? How many of…
The room was dark. Man and insect moved stealthily, each unaware that the other was privy to their presence. The cockroach flitted around the pots of food, lifted itself up by its…
Dear Diary, I am in love with life. I think there is a melody in the swish of the wind and the thump of our feet against the floor. I think the…
I stare at the young man over the counter and he stares back at me. He is a good looking young man with dark smoky eyes and soft looking black beard. His…
This tale is not for people who want to read stories just the way they happened. The gradual projection of events and not the scattered remembrance of events that is normal for…
I thought I had a perfect life. A perfect family, perfect friends and the love of my life. My parents doted on me, leaving all their wealth at my disposal and yet…
She was just like all the other teenage girls, always on her phone. Day and night searching and viewing those things that concern them and those things that do not. Sacrificing quality…
Who is Fela Anikulapo Kuti? Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a Nigerian Musician. He was from an upper middle-class family from Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. He had an early introduction to music in…
I slipped my feet into the slippers beside the bed and wrapped my nightie firmly around myself. Eddy’s soft snores filled the room. The clock said 11pm, 2hours since we had dinner.…