A poem about this year’s Christmas in Nigeria- There’s Christmas at home. Ashy feet walk dust-covered streets.Chapstick fills cracks in chapped lipsSnowless, foggy cold chills our bones Christmas…
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Fellow! To Please Everyone?
To the fellow who wishes to please everyone, And their pleas he buys with no room for bye: Listen! With the brilliant stars the night came, elegant like…
Movie Review: The boy who harnessed the wind
I knew that I wanted to see “The boy who harnessed the wind” when my smart friend gave it a thumbs up. A 2019 movie, Chiwetel Ejiofor gave…
LiTTle ReD, Be CAreFul WHat YOu WiSh FOr
Desi wakes up with a start as her head hits something overhead with a loud thud and she falls back to the floor. She looks around wildly, thrashing…
Why You Should Read “The Thing Around Your Neck”
Don’t have a book for the season? Try out Chimamanda’s The Things Around Your Neck! The concept of book reviews being objective is ridiculous. How do you squeeze…
The Sun: A Tale of Yesterday
At twilight, when the sun basks in awe of its red attire, Getting ready to set, and beckoning on us, hey! At night you retire! And it says:…
A stitch in time…
Twenty-two years old Chinelo sat nervously in the office of her therapist, fiddling with the hem of her shirt. “I just can’t stop thinking about how it’s become…
Awakening I: A Tale of Òrìṣàs
“The Òrìṣàs are here, Leke”, a shaky female voice whispered in the darkness. The flashes of lightning that were partly obscured by the rainless clouds now flashed wildly…
A Bad Dream – I’m Stuck in my Dream.
This is a bad dream that I can’t wake up from It has become stuck like my skin is to my body I’ve grown to become a bag…