Joshua Ugwu

The FastPencil man. Joshua's kind of writing goes out the bound of the normal professional forms of literature, he shifts your attention from the unknown to the anticipated. He thinks African; He is African!

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Little Beginnings

Little beginnings!!! Something everyone seems to somehow forget.  It is 4:30pm. You sit on your bed, yoga style. The other day, you had read a blog post about how this sitting position…

Finding Happiness

Anulika’s woes began the very day she said “I do” to Chris. Since then, her life has been a rollercoaster. Sometimes she wondered how come throughout the period they courted, she hadn’t…

Dada: Baby Boys And Dreadlocks

“His name was Ezenwa and he had dry matted hair, just like me!” I have always known that I was not an ordinary child. Apart from the fact that Mother would always…

One Fateful Day

It was Saturday, one of those days when the sun decides to go wild and leave one perspiring like someone just removed from an oven. I rarely go out on Saturdays but…

The Life of A Single Parent: What Does It Mean To Be A Single Mother?

The concept of single parenthood is one that is a little problematic to define. Who really is a single parent? Is he/she one whose partner is dead, lives separately from them or…

The Place of Religion in Relationships: Does Religion Really Matter in Relationships?

One of the characteristics of a great romantic relationship is the fact that the persons involved love and respect each other. This means that compromises would have to be made in the…

I Left: Girl Set Free

I lay sprawled on my bed, staring at my phone screen. Few minutes ago, I received a text message from Tony. I didn’t have to check the sender’s name to know that…

Being Emotional: Is it Actually Good or Bad?

BEING TOO EMOTIONAL IN A WORLD CONSTANTLY ON THE GO Every human being experiences emotions of various kinds on a daily basis. We get angry, sad, overly excited and full of anxiety:…

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Social Media in View

According to Aristotle, humans are social animals. It is for this singular fact that people have the natural tendency to socialise. In this context, to socialise basically means to interact with others.…

For Chigozie: My Life Experience

It was the long term break of 2015, the one during which my siblings and I had stayed at home all through because Dad had not allowed us to attend the holiday…