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 African Girl Child
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Short Story – A Motherly Letter To Her Children About Marriage
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What did you exchange your priceless destiny with? Sadly enough but truthful, a lot of people have exchanged their destiny, glory, star and future with momentary things. Nothing lasts for ever. Whatever that reigns today will become obsolete tomorrow, why then would you exchange something that lasts long with a momentary thing? When Esau exchanged […]
Short Story – The Power Of Love ii
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Like a sensitive flower which blooms in the garden once in a new moon, whenever you bloom, you let the entire world see the pulchritude of your nature. But if anyone touches you, you will close up because you are too sensitive to touch. No one knows the secret of your permanent stay, but everyone […]
Poetry – Image
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What about us? the silent wildcats the homegrown refugees the very one your generation breeds through mutually detached consents I am your hateful image the unwelcome guest at your feasts I am the patron of homeless homes the treaty of hopeless aids I am the skinny, the unleashed the beauty of aimless maids I am the […]
Poetry – You’ll Be Fine
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You’ll be fine’ You said, and I believed you. How come my heart skips when my phone beeps? And I would seek traces of you in every woman I see. How come food tastes sour now without your smile to garnish it? And I’ll always search for my appetite like a missing shoe lace. ‘You’ll […]
Short Story – Trapped Inside Nigeria.
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Many Nigerians have become frustrated and have lost confidence in the entire Nigerian system. The older generations of disoriented Nigerians have buried their heads in the sand, resigned themselves to fate and generally seek to enhance their lives by either perambulating from one church, mosque or prayer house of prosperity preachers to the other, in […]
Poetry – Back To Town Slum.
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Dead by day Alive by night. Nocturnal beast of pleasure And leisure. Kpa!kpa!kpa! Gun shots in the air. They’ve come for the hoodlums’ lair. Fill the vans with them, get some ransom, Send them back to their ill ways. Two brothel inmates fighting. One for her pay. One for him to stay. Cling to my […]