People are doors. Pathways are humans.Some, a large and imposing hinged barrierPadlocks to a dream, Keys to a mighty fallNow I walk through a passage, hoping for the bestOpenings to self and […]
We are Doors
Complicated- 15
As Claire walked away, she felt really good with herself, “I will show that woman yet. . .” she thought. When she got home, Ken and Susan were still seated in the […]
Institutionalised Racism- Part 3
At first, she only wanted to write about American blacks before she saw the news on AIT about a university lady that was murdered inside a church while she was reading and […]
Institutionalised Racism- Part 2
“That was my thesis – Institutionalised racism in a free country. While I was there, I never wanted to be on the other side of the law. What was scarier was watching […]
Institutionalised Racism- Part 1
Uju was watching the news with her husband as it had become their custom – to watch the eight o’clock AIT news together. To them it unveiled a sense of bond, of […]
Nothing is Ever Enough; Part 3
She wondered why some Nigerian Universities grading system revolved around money and other vices. Why lecturers were allowed to hold an upper hand in such vices. Why the students who didn’t want to be part of such vices or associated with them were the ones that failed and the cooperating ones, the ones that bought the unedited, plagiarised textbooks and offered their bodies at will were the ones that passed. She wondered if some of these lecturers in their acclaimed wide readings and researches had ever come across values of discipline, civility, honesty and straightforwardness.
Nothing is Ever Enough; Part 2
Uwa hated that the woman that sat beside her was the one commandeering for amen. She knew that the woman had said the louder and loudest amen to draw her attention away […]
Nothing is Ever Enough; Part 1
A short story centred around a bus ride to Port Harcourt were a young girl expresses sarcasm in her thoughts and towards the commuters happening to be going in the same direction as hers and how abruptly her mission in Port Harcourt came to a sudden conclusion. You will definitely have a laugh and more as you read the subsequent parts.
In Love with The Devil; Episode 5
Bryan’s POV “Mais nous Avons fait la reunion”“But we’re done with the meeting” “Attends une minute s’il te plait”“Wait a minute please” “Ç’est d’accord”“It’s okay” “Pouvons nous aller”“Can we go now?” I […]
