When I was a boy, my dream was to be a soldier. I wanted to be a soldier so much than I wanted to be alive. I would watch the uniforms, guns, […]
The Soldier Boy- Pt 1
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 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 […]
Dining in Hades; Episode 11
Chronicles of a high profile gigolo. I stood up and sat down at least twice before Yvette walked in. I was standing when she finally did come in. She jumped at me, […]
In Love with The Devil; Episode 4
But I have to find her as soon as possible, it is a huge responsibility and my grandfather made me swear I would give it to her and not use it for my own benefit and some other weird stuff I didn’t understand but now I just don’t want it with me anymore and we only have the picture of a little girl, God!
The Cultural Blind Spot- Part 1
It was during the harmattan. The air was dry. The trees were solely dusty. The sand was too crusty while Odegwu and Nneoma stood on it. The hot sand was scorching underneath […]
When the Obvious Truth is Ignored- Part 2
Mother changed her clothing immediately. She half tied her head tie, half tied her wrapper that she knotted above her abdomen and told me to go to the police station with her. […]
In Love with The Devil; Episode 1
Nicole POV Oh my God! I need to get there before 9:00am and its 8:30am. I thought to myself as I walked as fast as I could to reach “Exportees” which I […]
When the Obvious Truth is Ignored- Part 1
Mother was busy ranting, asking the calm unarmed police man who was the last to leave the house why they were arresting Uche, he told her that he was a suspect in a bank robbery at Osiosioma. She had denied it, she had pleaded with the unarmed police to let her son go that he was no thief. She had defended him saying that his son had never stolen his entire life, that he was one that never looked for trouble. The disbelief that graced my eyes, the disappointment that slammed my ears at mother’s words made me uncomfortable.
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