I was in a mini-bus going to Cele from Yaba and was seated at the front row. Because of my special positioning, I became the unofficial conductor transferring monies and change between the other passengers and the driver. One lady, obviously a college student from the way she looked, addressed me from the back seat: […]
Short Story: How One Angel Helped Me Meet Another
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Short Story – Danfo Trouble.
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‘Obalende’, ‘Cms’ ‘Balende’,’Cmx’ I heard the conductor chanting beautifully the names of the bus stop I was headed. I walked majestically into the bus followed by a resounding greeting from the conductor. Wow… that’s a first and this must be a good ride, saying to myself as i took my seat strategically by the window, […]
Short Story – The African Girl Child
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On the 28th of August 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, during the march for jobs and freedom, Dr Martin Luther King (Jr) gave one of the most iconic speeches in history. The speech which was given to over 250,000 civil rights supporters and was broadcast to millions across the […]
Short Story – The World We Live In
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My mom would always say “Cynthia you see this world we live in, it’s a very cruel one and you really have to be careful.” I thought she was just being too over protective and serious, and didn’t want me to interact with the world at large. As I recalled all she had said I […]
Short Story – Hallelujah
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Otito diri Jesu! Glory to Jesus! The church was quiet, like Mosque on Sunday. “I said it!” Jonah shifted in his chair. “Shut up. How dare you? How do you know it is about what you saw at the pastor’s? His mother turned her eyes alight with censure. “If I hear ‘pim’ again, I will […]
Short Story – Annoying Wife
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Mr James is a hard working, low income person who works as a clerk in a court while driving his car as taxi in the evenings to earn extra income.His wife is a petty trader who is not doing too badly but loves to put pressure on the man!She always believed she belonged to a […]
Poetry – Vain Rose
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Meeting her was a beautiful dream come true A peace that calmed my troubled waters An imagination of perfection that completed the cards of my soul A strength to my fainted man within. Behold, i sighted the damsel of pearl, in the beautiful garden of grace I could see the beautiful smile on her radiant […]